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Source Description
Small game pieces, used for checkers, backgammon, and other board games, survive in considerable numbers-attesting to the popularity of this type of entertainment. They are usually richly decorated with animal, literary, astrological, or biblical subjects. The subject of this example remains unidentified, though it depicts two guards inside the walls of a castle. The border design may represent an attempt to replicate the kufic script (a type of early Arabic writing) seen on some imported objects.
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Document identity
localId
29773
label
Game Piece with Figures in a Castle
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
29773
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Game Piece with Figures in a Castle
description
Small game pieces, used for checkers, backgammon, and other board games, survive in considerable numbers-attesting to the popularity of this type of entertainment. They are usually richly decorated with animal, literary, astrological, or biblical subjects. The subject of this example remains unidentified, though it depicts two guards inside the walls of a castle. The border design may represent an attempt to replicate the kufic script (a type of early Arabic writing) seen on some imported objects.
provenance
Tilla Durieux, Berlin. Henri Daguerre, Paris. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
mid 12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
game pieces
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.1
height
5.1
dimensionsRaw
D: 7/16 x Diam 2 in. (1.1 x 5.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
German
style
Romanesque
med
walrus ivory
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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2be4a36426c4aa0f