Fatimid Glass Gaming Piece

EGYPT, CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (17.08 grams, 28 mm).

Barrel-shaped in profile in translucent olive-green glass, with deep shoulder and knop finial.

Provenance

From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1969-1999.

Literature

See Stefano Carboni and Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Glass from Islamic Lands: The al-Sabah Collection at the Kuwait National Museum, Kuwait, 2002, item 104; Bonhams sale 29th April 2004, lot 280.

Footnotes

Probably intended for use in the game of backgammon.

CONDITION

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