Chess Piece in the Form of a Knight, ca. 1350–75, Western European, possibly British, Ivory (elephant), H. 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm); L. 2 3/4 in. (6.4 cm); W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm), Sculpture, This remarkably detailed ivory chessman––the solitary survivor of an otherwise vanished set––provides a rare representation of a complete late-fourteenth-century armor for both man and horse. Moreover, it appears to be one of the earliest of such depictions sculptured fully in the round to survive from before the sixteenth century
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Chess Piece, Form, Knight, ca, 1350–75, Western European, British, Ivory, elephant, H, 2 13/32, 6.1 cm, L, 3/4, 6.4, W, 5/8, 1.6, Sculpture, detailed ivory chessman––, solitary, survivor, otherwise vanished, set––provides, rare representation, complete late-fourteenth-century, armor, man, horse, Moreover, earliest, depictions sculptured, fully, round, survive, sixteenth century
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