Ivory chess-piece

Details

• Title

  Ivory chess-piece

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Africa › Egypt (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › Iran (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  AD 620 - 775

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Material index

  organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  games/sporting equipment › game › game-piece › chess-piece

• Dimensions

  3.6 cm (height)
  3.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Mansour Gallery, London, 1991.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 1 | Exploring the Past

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1991.170

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