491205 Mirror Case with a Couple Playing Chess, 1325-1350 (ivory) by French School, (14th century); w:10.20 d:1.00 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: A young man and woman, both faintly smiling, play a game of chess in a tent. The scene may represent a critical moment in an epic poem popular in the 14th century describing the exploits of Huon of Bordeaux, in which the hero plays chess with the daughter of a Saracen admiral whose castle he has entered in disguise. If Huon loses he will be decapitated; if he wins, he gains the lady??? favors and a sum of money. ); Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; French, out of copyright.