Bishop chess piece
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
ivory
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107840.6
Summary
A chess piece from Murshidabad, Bengal. It is the bishop and in the shape of a man on a camel. He is wearing a hat and has a spear in his right hand. 'Sixteen carved ivory chessmen - Murshidabad, Bengal' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Curzon Collection acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to The National Trust in 1986.