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A group of ivory and jet Gaming Pieces
Persia, 9th/ 10th Century
(23)

23 April 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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A group of ivory and jet Gaming Pieces
Persia, 9th/ 10th Century

comprising nineteen ivory and four jet, of various forms, some decorated with circles and concentric bands
the largest 5.8 cm. high(23)

Footnotes

For a discussion of early Islamic gaming pieces, see Anna Contadini, "Islamic Ivory Chess Pieces, Draughtsmen and Dice", in James Allan (ed.), Islamic Art, Vol. X, part one, Oxford, 1995, pp. 111-54; and C Wilkinson, Chess: East and West, Past and Present, a selection from the Gustav A. Pfeiffer Collection, New York, 1968,

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