A king from the Lewis chesspieces

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The British Museum
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Sketchfab
Polygon Count
180,000
Release Date
2017-03-16
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; king with damaged sword on knees; crown with hatched band; back of throne decorated with three vertical panels containing trefoils, geometric interlace and undulating scroll design. Date: circa 1150-1175 AD Height: 97.28 millimetres Width: 54.49 millimetres Depth: 38.42 millimetres Made by Daniel Pett from 171 photographs taken with a Nikon D5100 (some by Florence Dassonville and Lucy Ellis.) COL: [MCM7485](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=402)