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Lot 26

A group of early Islamic jet Gaming Pieces
Persia, 9-11th Century
(18)

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

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A group of early Islamic jet Gaming Pieces
Persia, 9-11th Century

of tapering cylindrical form, variously plain, fluted and faceted, with knop finials and flat bases
4.8 cm. high(18)

Footnotes

For a discussion of gaming pieces in the early Islamic world, see C. Wilkinson, Chess and Chessmen, Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1943, pp. 271-9; 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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