Ivory panel, a man and a woman playing chess
On display
Panel, part of a set of writing tablets or a box, depicting a man and a woman playing chess, three onlookers, beneath a triple-arched canopy, on a green velvet backboard.
Details
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Title
Ivory panel, a man and a woman playing chess
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Associated place
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Date
c. 1325 - 1375 -
Material and technique
elephant-ivory; carved
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Object type
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Dimensions
9.1 cm (height)
5.4 cm (length)
0.3 cm (depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.3
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Further reading
Longhurst, M.H., Catalogue of carvings in ivory (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1927, 1929), p. 51, plate XLV
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