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Gaming Piece

c.1700

Martin Brunner

(German, 1659–1725)
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Culture
Germany, late 17th-early 18th Century
Medium
wood
Measurements
Diameter: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1953.691.9
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented photograph shows the front and back of a dark brown, circular wooden gaming piece. Each side is framed by a carved floral border. Left, a partially nude figure holding a vessel and a bearded man in a turban sit below the text CALOR EXCITAT IGNES. Right, two seated women, one holding a wreath and another with a sheaf of grain, appear beneath the inscription FLOS ORNAT ARISTAS.

Gaming Piece

c.1700

Martin Brunner

(German, 1659–1725)
Germany, late 17th-early 18th Century

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