Game Piece with Menelaus and Companions Battling Proteus, ca. 1125–50

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Game Piece with Menelaus and Companions Battling Proteus, ca. 1125–50, North French, Walrus ivory, Overall: 2 3/8 x 11/16 in. (6 x cm), Ivories-Walrus, Objects related to the games of tables and chess were among Salgo’s favorite items. Such games were predecessors of modern backgammon and widespread in Medieval Europe. Surviving ivory game pieces are rare, and this is the only known piece from a thirty-piece set

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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