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Playing piece

Description

Bone playing piece with a horseman in relief, from Urquhart Castle, 15th or 16th century

Museum reference

H.HY 22

Object name

Playing piece

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

15th - 16th century

Materials

Bone

Physical description

Very worn, the texture of the bone very apparent back and front, part of the rim and both surfaces missing at top right.

Collection place(s)

Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Urquhart Castle, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

  • Angels, Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland (12 Aug 1982 - 26 Sep 1982)
    Royal Museum of Scotland

References

PSAS CXII, 1982, p. 465-76

Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003

Caldwell, D.H. (ed). Angels Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982

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Canmore Site Record

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