Clonard chess piece
id:
clonard-chess-piece-255-5193916
title:
Clonard chess piece
text:
The Clonard chess piece is an historic bone or ivory playing piece depicting a queen seated on a throne, found in a bog in Clonard, Co. Meath, Ireland, some time before 1817. The piece dates from the late twelfth century AD and is now in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The figure may come from the same Viking workshop tradition which produced the large group known as the Lewis Chessmen, found in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Most of these are carved from walrus ivory, with a few made i
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
12th century chess piece in the National Museum of Ireland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonard_chess_piece
date created:
date modified:
2023-09-14T18:29:11Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q65069761","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q65069761"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Clonard_Chess_Piece%2C_Front_and_Left_Profile.jpg","width":310,"height":275}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15