Chess, Backgammon and Nine Men's Morris Board (Ginner Game) articulated closing in the form of a box

Chess, Backgammon and Nine Men's Morris Board (Ginner Game) articulated closing in the form of a box

wood entirely lined with ivory and ebony marquetry "Plant elements"
laterals with Brazilian rosewood veneer
German - Nuremberg
17th C.
restoration, minor faults and defects, cracks, missing parts of the clasps
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (aberto) 84 x 55,5 x 4,5 cm; (fechado) 42 x 55,5 x 9,5 cm
Notes: vd. catalogue of the exhibition "Jogos Cruzados - Viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente". Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 2022, p. 169, nº 93; vd. Schach, usprung der Spielfifur, pp. 104-105.

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