A king from the Lewis chessmen

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Author name
The British Museum
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
300,000
Release Date
2017-03-08
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; king: bearded wearing floriated crown, mantle, brooch, tunic, seated upon high-backed chair; holding sheathed sword across knees; chair: back ornamented in two compartments with double floral scroll and dragon with floriated tail: interlaced designs on sides. Date: circa 1150 - 1200 AD COL: [MCM3280](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=398) Height: 98.31 millimetres Width: 53.67 millimetres Depth: 34.27 millimetres Weight: 215.4 grains Made by Daniel Pett and Lucy Ellis from 133 photographs taken with a Nikon D5100.