Gaming Pieces

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Gaming Pieces

Egypt or Syria, 13th century
Glass
Glass, marvered and combed thread decoration
Height: 7/8 in. (2.22 cm); Diameter: 11/16 in. (1.74 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.516a-c)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

According to legend, chess was introduced to Iran from India in the sixth century AD and spread throughout the Islamic world after the seventh century....
According to legend, chess was introduced to Iran from India in the sixth century AD and spread throughout the Islamic world after the seventh century. A strategic war game, it was made up of a king, his vizier (queen in the West), and four army branches: chariots (rook), elephants (bishop), cavalry (knight), and infantry (pawn). These small round glass pieces may be pawns. Glass pieces of different shapes, such as a king, but of similar style exist in other collections.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.