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Chess piece (Front)

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Cologne, Museum Schnütgen

Inv. B 140

Bone

Height: 80mm
Width: 45mm
Depth: 33mm

Bishop holding a crozier.

Museum's opinion 2013: Cologne, c. 1200.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Very damaged.
Missing: head of bishop, hands, lower part of the piece.

Provenance
Collection of Prof. Dr. Richard von Schnitzler. Purchased in 1970 thanks to the Stiftung Pfeiffer & Langen and Pro Arte Medii Aevi (Friends of the Museum).

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