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Chess piece (Front)

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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 8533

Ivory

Height: 100mm

Enthroned bishop with mitre and crozier; soldiers with shields.
Foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2011: 13th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round. Ink inscription under the base: 1587 (?).

Provenance
Collection of Frédéric Spitzer, Paris: his sale, Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April 1893, lot 207.

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