AN ABBASID OR FATIMID CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL CHESS PIECE
EGYPT OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/ 10TH CENTURY
£1,638
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
of dome-shape on a flat base, with deep bevel-cut arabesque designs
Dimensions
3.2cm high
Footnote
This small and exquisite rounded chess piece cut with U-shaped and arabesque designs, shares similarities with pawns that form a group of ten chess pieces in the Al-Sabbah collection that are cut in the ‘bevelled’ style (see D. Freeman Fahid, Chess and other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands, London, 2018, p. 183, Cats. 77-82).