Game-piece

Description

A game-piece in ivory showing two men holding a large animal upside down by the hind legs. There is a border of geometric interlacing. Anglo-Saxon.

Object data

Accession number

CG 013

Creator

Anglo-Saxon

Date made

12th century AD,Anglo-Saxon

Materials

Ivory; Walrus Ivory

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Provenance

File of material relating to a gamepiece or draughtsman. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); photocopy of published description of the object from John Beckwith, 'Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England,' (London: Harvey, Miller and Medcalf, 1972); documents and photocopies of same which refer to published references to the gamepiece (date unspecified). An illustration of the gamepiece appeared in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' (c. 1785) and same document states, 'ex Francis Harper 1946. purchased by him at sale at a Castle in Wales'; the gamepiece is also mentioned in 'Die Elfenbeinskulpturen aus der Romanischen Zeit XI-XIII Jahrhundert,' Volume 3, by Adolph Goldschmidt (date unspecified); black and white photograph of the object and photographic negative of same (dates unspecified).

Place of collection

Culture

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Game-piece | Ivory ,Walrus Ivory | 12th century AD,Anglo-Saxon | The Hunt Collection | PD

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