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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