***POSTPONED TO 26th FEBRUARY AT REQUEST OF SPEAKER***Deborah Freeman Fahid (Independent Scholar) – The Àger Rock Crystal Chessmen: Some Early Medieval Imports from the Iranian World?

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London

*** N.B. This event has been postponed at the request of the speaker. It will now take place on the 26th of February***     The talk will focus on a group of Islamic rock crystal chessmen from the early medieval period in The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. These fifteen chess pieces have long been recognised…