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Chess piece (Side)

Chess piece (Side)
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Subject
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Stockholm, Historiska museet (The Swedish History Museum)

Inv. 3765:D:9

Walrus ivory

Height: 47mm
Width: 41mm

Knight on horseback holding a spear; shield; blind arches.

Museum's opinion 2013: mid 13th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: head of the knight.
Vertical crack down the side.

Provenance
Collection of Magnus Albert Stenbock: his sale to the Museum in 1867.


Image

© The Swedish History Museum. Photography: Gabriel Hildebrand 2013.

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