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title: Knight Chess Piece
author: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20946/knight-chess-piece/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-09-12
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# Knight Chess Piece
_Authored by The Metropolitan Museum of Art_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20946.png)
## Image Caption
Knight chess piece, carving made of jet from western Islamic lands, c. 8th to c. 10th century.
Craftspeople may have skirted prohibitions to playing chess for iconoclastic reasons by developing more abstract pieces, as depicted here, and away from figural ones.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Art, T. M. M. o. (2025, September 11). Knight Chess Piece. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Art, The Metropolitan Museum of. "Knight Chess Piece." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 11, 2025. .
### MLA
Art, The Metropolitan Museum of. "Knight Chess Piece." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Sep 2025, .
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