Game On! Exhibition FCOISA Compliance
The Aga Khan Museum is an institution designated by the regulations under the Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity From Seizure Act, 2019. This designation provides immunity from seizure for certain cultural objects on loan to the Aga Khan Museum for temporary display or exhibition.
For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/19f14
Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity from Seizure for Game On! exhibition.
Exhibition Dates: March 28 to September 7, 2025
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Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity from Seizure for Game On! exhibition
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – September 7, 2026
| Inventory # | Artist | Title/Object | Date | Medium | Dimensions | Lender |
| 1970.301.26
|
Author: Abu’l Qasim Firdausi, Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus Painting attributed to Qasim ibn ‘Ali, Iranian, active ca. 1525–60 Workshop director: Mir Musavvir, Iranian, active ca. 1525–55 |
“Siyavush Plays Polo before Afrasiyab”, Folio 180v from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp | ca. 1525-1530 | Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper |
Painting: H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm) W. 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm)
Entire Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm) |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 1970.301.71 | Author:
Abu’l Qasim Firdausi, Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Painting attributed to ‘Abd al-Vahhab, Iranian |
“Buzurjmihr Masters the Hindu Game of Chess”, Folio 639v from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
|
ca. 1530-1535 | Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper | Painting:
H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm) W. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Entire Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
|
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| 1971.193a–ff
|
Unknown |
Chess Set |
12th century |
Stonepaste; molded and glazed |
Largest piece (King):
H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Small piece (Pawn): H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| 1983.374
|
Unknown | Painted and Inlaid Game Board | Late 17th century | Wood; painted, varnished and gilded; with metal hinges | H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| M.2002.1.516a-c | Unknown
|
Gaming Pieces | 13th century | Glass, marveled and combed thread decoration | Height: 7/8 in. (2.22 cm); Diameter: 11/16 in. (1.74 cm) Exact dims of each individual piece are TBD |
LACMA |
| M.2002.1.526 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece | 10th-11th century | Bone, carved and drilled | Length: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2002.1.527 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece
|
10th-11th century | Bone, carved and drilled | Length: 4 3/16 in. (10.63 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2002.1.524 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece | 10th-11th century | Bone, carved and drilled | Length: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2002.1.757 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece | 10th-11th century | Wood, carved and painted | 1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.65 x 2.38 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2012.22a-d | Unknown
|
Four Tiles Forming a Backgammon Board | 17th century | Ceramics; Fritware, cuerda seca technique | Dims for each of the four tiles: 9 x 9 x 3/4 in. (22.86 x 22.86 x 1.91 cm) | LACMA |
| M.86.303 | Abdullah (Turkey) | Wrestlers | circa 1610 | Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper | Folio: 6 x 4 in. (15.2 x 10.2 cm) Frame dims: 20 x 15 x 1 3/8 inches |
LACMA |
| M.2017.68 | Khosrow Hassanzadeh (Iran, Tehran, 1963-2023) | Pahlavan II, Ready to Order | 2008 | Sculpture; assemblages
Mixed media box with internal lighting component
|
193 × 132.08 × 25.4 cm | LACMA |
| LI2025.19.2 | Unknown | Shaṭranj-i ʿurafā (chess of the gnostics) | ca. 1890 | Black inks, pigments, paper mounted on thick
cardboard
|
Frame dims: W 19 7/8″ x H 25 7/8″ x D 2″ | Anonymous |
| LI2025.19.1 | Calligraphy by Mustafa HalimÖzyazıcı
Paintings by Léopold Lévy
Illuminations by Muhsin Demironat
|
Shaṭranj-i ʿurafā (chess of the gnostics) | 1948-49 | Black, red, and gold inks, polished paper | Frame dims: W 22 3/4″ x H 28 1/4″ x D 13/16″ | Anonymous |
| LI2025.34.1 | Unknown
|
Swiss Charlemagne Wooden Figural Set
|
c. 1875 | Wood | Dimensions: Variable (32 pieces) | Anonymous |
| LI2025.34.2 | Unknown
|
Silver and Wood Chess Set | late 19th – early 20th century | Wood and Silver | Dimensions: Variable (32 pieces) | Anonymous |
| LI2025.34.3 | Unknown
|
Inlaid Chess and Backgammon Board | circa 1870 | Inlaid walnut, rosewood, and satin-birch | Dimensions: 51 cm x 45 cm | Anonymous
|
| LI2025.34.4 | Unknown
|
Chess Board | late 19th century | Wood | Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm | Anonymous
|
| Or. 3299 | Muhammad ibn Da’ud Shadiyabadi | Miftah al-Fuzala | 1470-1500 | W 36 cm x H 16.cm x D 31 cm (open on cradle, no angle) | British Library | |
| Or. 1362 | Jami (Nur al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman)
Hararat
|
“’Abd al-Rahim Istakhri praying whilst out hunting, watched by a young man,” Folio from Nafahat al-uns (‘The Lives of the Saints’) | 1605 | W 33 cm x H 17 cm x D 28 cm (open on cradle, no angle) | British Library | |
| Or. 5302_fol.30 | Shahm Muzahhib | Gulistan (‘The Rose Garden’) | 1567 | W 41 cm x H 22 cm x D 36 cm (open on cradle, no angle) | British Library | |
| Add MS 20736 | Unknown
|
Treatise on Horsemanship, Arms, and Military Skills | W 32 cm x H 20 cm x D 28 cm (open on cradle, 15 degree angle) | British Library | ||
| Or.4615, f 11v | Abū Ṭāhir Ṭarsūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan | Humay playing polo with her slaves, from Dārābnāmah (Sanvalah) | Late 16th century | Ink & pigment on paper | 35.6 cm x 23.5 cm (folio) Frame dims: TBD. Waiting for confirmation from BL Conservator (Dec 4) |
British Library |
| J.64,37 | Unknown
|
ca. 1600-1610 | Estimated frame dims: 60.5 cm x 50.5 cm x 4 cm | British Library | ||
| As1898,0703.22 | Unknown
|
Mancala Board | Wood | H 6.70 cm x W 39.80 cm x D 13.10 cm | British Museum | |
| 2008,6040.1 | Unknown
|
Arm band; Amulet | 19th Century | Leather, Cornelian, Chalcedony | W: 14.7 cm x L: 55.5 cm | British Museum |
| As,+.5201 | Unknown
|
Polo Stick | 19th Century | Cane, cotton, wood, fibre | H 145 cm x W 18.20 cm x D 3.80 cm | British Museum |
| Persian 211 | Unknown
|
Manuscript of Risala-i Shatranj (Chess Treatise) | ca. 15th century | Closed dims(?): 9.75 x 6.5 in. When in cradle 270 x 245 x 100mm |
University of Cambridge, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | |
| RAS Persian 239, 7a | Firdausi | Firdausi and the Court Poets of Gazni | Mat dims: 558 x 455mm | University of Cambridge, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
| Arabic 59 | Ibn Abī Ḥajalah, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá | Example of Battle in the Movement of Chess-Contenders | 850 AH (1446 CE) | Ink and leather | Closed dims: H 18.3 cm x W 13.9 cm x D 2.4 cm | The University of Manchester Library (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester) |
| Persan 493 | Abū l-Qāsim Firdawsī | Šahnama | 11 September 1444 | Closed dims: H 25.5 x W 16 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Arabe 1483 | ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Masʿūdī | Kitāb taʾrīẖ murūǧ al-ḏahab wa-maʿādin al-ǧawhar | 1816-1817 | Closed dims: H 25 cm x W 18 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Arabe 2826 | Rammāḥ, Ḥasan Nağm al-Dīn al-Aḥdab | Equitation et art militaire | 1578-1579 | Closed dims: H 29.5 x W 20 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Smith-Lesouëf 207, f. 177v. | Hâfez | Divān | ca. 1583 | Closed dims: H 25 x W16.5 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Smith-Lesouëf 233. Fol.6v-7r | Unknown
|
Recueil de portraits de rois et de ministres des royaumes musulmans de l’Inde | 1701-1800 | Closed dims: H 32 x W 16 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| RP-T-1993-306 | Unknown
|
The Chaturanga Game | ca. 1805-1815 | Gouache, gold, brush in colours, on paper | Mat dims(?): height 192 mm x width 130 mm Frame dims: 46 x 33,5 x 3 cm |
Rijksmuseum |
| SK-A-386 | Jan Havicksz Steen (1626-1679) | Interior with a woman feeding a parrot, better known as ‘The parrot cage’ | ca. 1660-1670 | Oil on canvas on panel | height 50 cm x width 40 cm | Rijksmuseum |
| 2019. 4.17 | Unknown
|
Kitab Nafa’is al-Funun fi ‘Ara’is al-’Uyun | 19th Century | Height: 21.8 Width: 16.8 Thickness: 3 cm Open book – 34 cm |
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia | |
| 2010.4.11 | Unknown
|
Game Board with Verses of Persian Poetry | 19th Century
|
Sandalwood, velvet, brass, and lacquer | Open: Height: 8.25 cm Length: 43 cm Width: 26 cm |
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia |
| 2016.13 | Unknown
|
The Emperor Shah Jahan Watching a Wrestling | 17th century | Gouache heightened with gold on paper | Frame: H 62 cm x W 42 cm | Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia |
| 2014.5.19 | Unknown
|
Painting of a Falcon | 18th century | Gouache heightened with gold on paper | Frame dims: 62 cm H x 42 cm W | Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
|
| 2023.0.50 | Unknown
|
Saddle pad with embroidery | 18th-19th century | Silk velvet, silver thread | Length: 164 cm / 64.5″ Width: 117 cm / 46″ |
Musée Vivant du Cheval |
| D2014.0.014 | Unknown
|
Prince Qajar’s horsewhip | 20th century | Gold, ivory | Length: 100 cm Diameter of knob: 3 cm |
Musée Vivant du Cheval
|
| D2016.8.003 | Unknown
|
Polo players | Circa 1560-1570 | Gouache, gold on paper | painting at largest: 31.5 x 19.4 cm Folio: 32.4 x 20.2 cm with frame: 50.5 x 40 cm |
Musée Vivant du Cheval
|
| 2021.0.58 | Unknown
|
Polo Player | 7th-9th century | Terracotta, traces of polychromy | Length: approx. 36 cm Height: approx. 24 cm Width: 12 cm |
Musée Vivant du Cheval
|
Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity from Seizure for Game On! exhibition
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – September 7, 2026
| Inventory # | Artist | Title/Object | Date | Medium | Dimensions | Lender |
| 1970.301.26
|
Author: Abu’l Qasim Firdausi, Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus Painting attributed to Qasim ibn ‘Ali, Iranian, active ca. 1525–60 Workshop director: Mir Musavvir, Iranian, active ca. 1525–55 |
“Siyavush Plays Polo before Afrasiyab”, Folio 180v from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp | ca. 1525-1530 | Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper |
Painting: H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm) W. 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm)
Entire Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm) |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 1970.301.71 | Author:
Abu’l Qasim Firdausi, Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Painting attributed to ‘Abd al-Vahhab, Iranian |
“Buzurjmihr Masters the Hindu Game of Chess”, Folio 639v from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
|
ca. 1530-1535 | Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper | Painting:
H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm) W. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Entire Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
|
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| 1971.193a–ff
|
Unknown |
Chess Set |
12th century |
Stonepaste; molded and glazed |
Largest piece (King):
H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Small piece (Pawn): H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| 1983.374
|
Unknown | Painted and Inlaid Game Board | Late 17th century | Wood; painted, varnished and gilded; with metal hinges | H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| M.2002.1.516a-c | Unknown
|
Gaming Pieces | 13th century | Glass, marveled and combed thread decoration | Height: 7/8 in. (2.22 cm); Diameter: 11/16 in. (1.74 cm) Exact dims of each individual piece are TBD |
LACMA |
| M.2002.1.526 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece | 10th-11th century | Bone, carved and drilled | Length: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2002.1.527 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece
|
10th-11th century | Bone, carved and drilled | Length: 4 3/16 in. (10.63 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2002.1.524 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece | 10th-11th century | Bone, carved and drilled | Length: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2002.1.757 | Unknown
|
Gaming Piece | 10th-11th century | Wood, carved and painted | 1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (3.65 x 2.38 cm) | LACMA |
| M.2012.22a-d | Unknown
|
Four Tiles Forming a Backgammon Board | 17th century | Ceramics; Fritware, cuerda seca technique | Dims for each of the four tiles: 9 x 9 x 3/4 in. (22.86 x 22.86 x 1.91 cm) | LACMA |
| M.86.303 | Abdullah (Turkey) | Wrestlers | circa 1610 | Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper | Folio: 6 x 4 in. (15.2 x 10.2 cm) Frame dims: 20 x 15 x 1 3/8 inches |
LACMA |
| M.2017.68 | Khosrow Hassanzadeh (Iran, Tehran, 1963-2023) | Pahlavan II, Ready to Order | 2008 | Sculpture; assemblages
Mixed media box with internal lighting component
|
193 × 132.08 × 25.4 cm | LACMA |
| LI2025.19.2 | Unknown | Shaṭranj-i ʿurafā (chess of the gnostics) | ca. 1890 | Black inks, pigments, paper mounted on thick
cardboard
|
Frame dims: W 19 7/8″ x H 25 7/8″ x D 2″ | Anonymous |
| LI2025.19.1 | Calligraphy by Mustafa HalimÖzyazıcı
Paintings by Léopold Lévy
Illuminations by Muhsin Demironat
|
Shaṭranj-i ʿurafā (chess of the gnostics) | 1948-49 | Black, red, and gold inks, polished paper | Frame dims: W 22 3/4″ x H 28 1/4″ x D 13/16″ | Anonymous |
| LI2025.34.1 | Unknown
|
Swiss Charlemagne Wooden Figural Set
|
c. 1875 | Wood | Dimensions: Variable (32 pieces) | Anonymous |
| LI2025.34.2 | Unknown
|
Silver and Wood Chess Set | late 19th – early 20th century | Wood and Silver | Dimensions: Variable (32 pieces) | Anonymous |
| LI2025.34.3 | Unknown
|
Inlaid Chess and Backgammon Board | circa 1870 | Inlaid walnut, rosewood, and satin-birch | Dimensions: 51 cm x 45 cm | Anonymous
|
| LI2025.34.4 | Unknown
|
Chess Board | late 19th century | Wood | Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm | Anonymous
|
| Or. 3299 | Muhammad ibn Da’ud Shadiyabadi | Miftah al-Fuzala | 1470-1500 | W 36 cm x H 16.cm x D 31 cm (open on cradle, no angle) | British Library | |
| Or. 1362 | Jami (Nur al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman)
Hararat
|
“’Abd al-Rahim Istakhri praying whilst out hunting, watched by a young man,” Folio from Nafahat al-uns (‘The Lives of the Saints’) | 1605 | W 33 cm x H 17 cm x D 28 cm (open on cradle, no angle) | British Library | |
| Or. 5302_fol.30 | Shahm Muzahhib | Gulistan (‘The Rose Garden’) | 1567 | W 41 cm x H 22 cm x D 36 cm (open on cradle, no angle) | British Library | |
| Add MS 20736 | Unknown
|
Treatise on Horsemanship, Arms, and Military Skills | W 32 cm x H 20 cm x D 28 cm (open on cradle, 15 degree angle) | British Library | ||
| Or.4615, f 11v | Abū Ṭāhir Ṭarsūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan | Humay playing polo with her slaves, from Dārābnāmah (Sanvalah) | Late 16th century | Ink & pigment on paper | 35.6 cm x 23.5 cm (folio) Frame dims: TBD. Waiting for confirmation from BL Conservator (Dec 4) |
British Library |
| J.64,37 | Unknown
|
ca. 1600-1610 | Estimated frame dims: 60.5 cm x 50.5 cm x 4 cm | British Library | ||
| As1898,0703.22 | Unknown
|
Mancala Board | Wood | H 6.70 cm x W 39.80 cm x D 13.10 cm | British Museum | |
| 2008,6040.1 | Unknown
|
Arm band; Amulet | 19th Century | Leather, Cornelian, Chalcedony | W: 14.7 cm x L: 55.5 cm | British Museum |
| As,+.5201 | Unknown
|
Polo Stick | 19th Century | Cane, cotton, wood, fibre | H 145 cm x W 18.20 cm x D 3.80 cm | British Museum |
| Persian 211 | Unknown
|
Manuscript of Risala-i Shatranj (Chess Treatise) | ca. 15th century | Closed dims(?): 9.75 x 6.5 in. When in cradle 270 x 245 x 100mm |
University of Cambridge, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | |
| RAS Persian 239, 7a | Firdausi | Firdausi and the Court Poets of Gazni | Mat dims: 558 x 455mm | University of Cambridge, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
| Arabic 59 | Ibn Abī Ḥajalah, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá | Example of Battle in the Movement of Chess-Contenders | 850 AH (1446 CE) | Ink and leather | Closed dims: H 18.3 cm x W 13.9 cm x D 2.4 cm | The University of Manchester Library (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester) |
| Persan 493 | Abū l-Qāsim Firdawsī | Šahnama | 11 September 1444 | Closed dims: H 25.5 x W 16 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Arabe 1483 | ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Masʿūdī | Kitāb taʾrīẖ murūǧ al-ḏahab wa-maʿādin al-ǧawhar | 1816-1817 | Closed dims: H 25 cm x W 18 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Arabe 2826 | Rammāḥ, Ḥasan Nağm al-Dīn al-Aḥdab | Equitation et art militaire | 1578-1579 | Closed dims: H 29.5 x W 20 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Smith-Lesouëf 207, f. 177v. | Hâfez | Divān | ca. 1583 | Closed dims: H 25 x W16.5 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| Smith-Lesouëf 233. Fol.6v-7r | Unknown
|
Recueil de portraits de rois et de ministres des royaumes musulmans de l’Inde | 1701-1800 | Closed dims: H 32 x W 16 cm | Bibliothèque nationale de France | |
| RP-T-1993-306 | Unknown
|
The Chaturanga Game | ca. 1805-1815 | Gouache, gold, brush in colours, on paper | Mat dims(?): height 192 mm x width 130 mm Frame dims: 46 x 33,5 x 3 cm |
Rijksmuseum |
| SK-A-386 | Jan Havicksz Steen (1626-1679) | Interior with a woman feeding a parrot, better known as ‘The parrot cage’ | ca. 1660-1670 | Oil on canvas on panel | height 50 cm x width 40 cm | Rijksmuseum |
| 2019. 4.17 | Unknown
|
Kitab Nafa’is al-Funun fi ‘Ara’is al-’Uyun | 19th Century | Height: 21.8 Width: 16.8 Thickness: 3 cm Open book – 34 cm |
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia | |
| 2010.4.11 | Unknown
|
Game Board with Verses of Persian Poetry | 19th Century
|
Sandalwood, velvet, brass, and lacquer | Open: Height: 8.25 cm Length: 43 cm Width: 26 cm |
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia |
| 2016.13 | Unknown
|
The Emperor Shah Jahan Watching a Wrestling | 17th century | Gouache heightened with gold on paper | Frame: H 62 cm x W 42 cm | Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia |
| 2014.5.19 | Unknown
|
Painting of a Falcon | 18th century | Gouache heightened with gold on paper | Frame dims: 62 cm H x 42 cm W | Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
|
| 2023.0.50 | Unknown
|
Saddle pad with embroidery | 18th-19th century | Silk velvet, silver thread | Length: 164 cm / 64.5″ Width: 117 cm / 46″ |
Musée Vivant du Cheval |
| D2014.0.014 | Unknown
|
Prince Qajar’s horsewhip | 20th century | Gold, ivory | Length: 100 cm Diameter of knob: 3 cm |
Musée Vivant du Cheval
|
| D2016.8.003 | Unknown
|
Polo players | Circa 1560-1570 | Gouache, gold on paper | painting at largest: 31.5 x 19.4 cm Folio: 32.4 x 20.2 cm with frame: 50.5 x 40 cm |
Musée Vivant du Cheval
|
| 2021.0.58 | Unknown
|
Polo Player | 7th-9th century | Terracotta, traces of polychromy | Length: approx. 36 cm Height: approx. 24 cm Width: 12 cm |
Musée Vivant du Cheval
|