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Chess piece (Front)

Chess piece (Front)
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Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
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Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet

Inv. 13111

Walrus ivory

Height: 42mm
Width: 22mm
Depth: 17mm

Soldier in armour; sword; shield; coat of mail.

Liebgott 1985: Scandinavia, c. 1200.
Museum's opinion 2013: Scandinavia, c. 1200.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: front part of the base. Darkened.

Comments
This chess piece was possibly used as a rook or a pawn.

Provenance
Found at Roskilde. Purchased by the Museum in 1853.

Bibliography
J. J. A. Worsaae, Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie (Copenhagen, 1859), no. 562.
A. Goldschmidt, Die Elfenbeinskulpturen aus der romanischen Zeit (Berlin, 1926), IV, no. 258, pl. LXXII.
D. M. Lindell, Chessman (New York, 1937), p. 131.
H. and S. Wichmann, Chess: the Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times (New York, 1964), p. 281.
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), p. 83, fig. 80.
P. Grinder-Hansen, Nationalmuseets vejledninger, Danmarks middelalder og Renæssance (Copenhagen, 2002), p. 79.
K. R. Pedersen, 'Identifikation og datering af middelalderlige skakbrikker fra Skandinavien', in Anno Domini 8 (2002), p. 14.
P. Grinder-Hansen, 'Skakspil', in Europa mødern verden (Copenhagen, 2012), p. 141.


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