The Hunt Museum

Madonna and Child

Exhibiting one of Ireland's greatest private collections of Art and Antiquities, dating from the Neolithic to the 20th Century

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Current Exhibition
Current Exhibition
AIB Collection on Show
Exhibition of AIB’s Corporate art Collection which now forms part of the National Collection. On loan from the Crawford Gallery, Cork.

Collection Items

Die (game-piece)
Die (game-piece)
A die (dice singular) in chalk. It is marked on the sides with a dot in circle motif. It is now in six pieces. It is a loaded die.
Die (game-piece)
Die (game-piece)
A die, one of a pair of dice, in bronze. It has dot in circle motifs on the sides.
Chess figure (possibly)
Chess figure (possibly)
A figure of a man in ivory, perhaps a chess piece. He is dressed in long robes with his head covered and hands clasped in front. There is a central groove down his back.
Game-piece (possibly)
Game-piece (possibly)
A game-piece in ivory. It is drum-shaped and perforated through its length and at the side. It is decorated with incised lines and circles.
Chess piece (game-piece)
Chess piece (game-piece)
A chess piece shaped like an animal, perhaps a horse.