A queen from the Lewis chessmen

3D Model

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.)