Chess-piece; walrus ivory; queen wearing floriated crown, veil, mantle and tunic; right hand placed on cheek; seated in chair ornamented on back with adjacent leaf scrolls; cloth hanging over top of back of chair.
1150-1175 (circa)
Height: 94 millimetres Width: 40.71 millimetres Depth: 30.48 millimetres
COL: MCM865
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115 photographs taken by Emma Palmer, Daniel Pett, Naomi Speakman and Lucy Ellis (a group training exercise.)
6 comments
My favorite chess pieces.
Thank you for sharing and letting us be part of this important world heritage.
It is just gorgeous.
Beautiful chess piece
Beautiful render from one of my favourite chess sets
Beautiful, and I really liked the article you linked to in the description. Staff pick!
she looks so grumpy - definitely a woman of a certain age.
Were these chess pieces based on historical people?