Lotto 5583 ♣ - ibid146 Decorazioni e varie - solo online - martedì, 24. settembre 2024, 11h00
LOT OF EIGHT EARLY ARABIC CHESS PIECES
- Baumkotter Antiques London, September 24, 1973 (copy of invoice available).
- Swiss private collection, acquired from the above gallery.
It is quite difficult to date this simple form of game piece, which has been used for centuries. Two comparable figures by Bauer, dated 8th/9th century. illustrated in: Hans and Siegfried Wichmann: Chess - The story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern times. London 1964, No. 4 and 5. Further examples of chess pieces dated to the 13th/14th century. and 17th century are illustrated in: Dresdner Bank: Exhibition catalog, Chess, Culture - Art - Philosophy. Pieces and Games from the Middle Ages to the Present. Frankfurt 1988, fig. 60 & 61.
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