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Chess piece (Back)

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Side

Front

Links

Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
www.historiska.se

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Stockholm, Historiska museet (The Swedish History Museum)

Inv. 1304:1838:139

Walrus ivory

Height: 79mm
Width: 44mm

Knight in armour on horseback; shield.

Museum's opinion 2013: mid 13th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Worn.

Provenance
Collection of Dr. Otto Christian Ekman: purchased from him by the Museum in 1846.

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