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A set of 18 carved chess pieces, Western Islamic Lands, Egypt or / and Afghanistan, 12th-18th century Cylindrical body with button-shaped top, carved and incised with circles, dots and grooves. D. at base 2.5 to 3.3 cm / H. 3.9 to 4.4 cm. Provenance : Public sale, France, Collection of M. de Wilde (1929-2019). Bibliography: Published in R. de Wilde, Poids, Balances et Pions des Civilisations Anciennes, 2017, p. 266, then attributed to Fatimid Egypt, and modern Afghanistan. Oeuvres comparables / Similar works : Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. n°47.68, 11th-12th century, Fatimid or Ghaznevid art. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Mamluk Egypt, published by A. Contadini, who asserts, however, that this type of piece with concentric circle decoration persisted in the Islamic world until the modern era. Sotheby's, London, October 9, 2013, no. 101. Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Inv. N° LNS 45-1, Nishapur, late 8th-early 9th century.
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A set of 18 carved chess pieces, Western Islamic Lands, Egypt or / and Afghanistan, 12th-18th century Cylindrical body with button-shaped top, carved and incised with circles, dots and grooves. D. at base 2.5 to 3.3 cm / H. 3.9 to 4.4 cm. Provenance : Public sale, France, Collection of M. de Wilde (1929-2019). Bibliography: Published in R. de Wilde, Poids, Balances et Pions des Civilisations Anciennes, 2017, p. 266, then attributed to Fatimid Egypt, and modern Afghanistan. Oeuvres comparables / Similar works : Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. n°47.68, 11th-12th century, Fatimid or Ghaznevid art. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Mamluk Egypt, published by A. Contadini, who asserts, however, that this type of piece with concentric circle decoration persisted in the Islamic world until the modern era. Sotheby's, London, October 9, 2013, no. 101. Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Inv. N° LNS 45-1, Nishapur, late 8th-early 9th century.
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