Gothic Ivories Project | Chess piece (Front)

Chess piece (Front)

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Chess piece

Subject
Secular.

Unknown location

S/n

Walrus ivory

King or queen (?); figure holding a cup or chalice; crown.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
Probably part of the same ensemble as another pieces formerly in the von Lanna collection (see related objects).

Provenance
Collection of Adalbert, Freiherr von Lanna (b. 1836, d. 1909), Prague: his sale, part 1, Lepke, Berlin, 9-16 November 1909, lot 216.

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