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Title:Chess Piece in the Form of a King
Date:1350–1400
Geography:Made in Cologne, Germany
Culture:German
Medium:Walrus ivory
Dimensions:2 1/2 x 1 5/16 x 7/8 in. (6.4 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm)
Classification:Ivories-Walrus
Credit Line:Pfeiffer Fund, 2000
Accession Number:2000.153
[ Stefano Bardini (Italian), Florence (sold 1899)]; his sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London (June 5–7, 1899, lot 347); Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne and descendants (1950s–2000); [ Blumka Gallery, New York (sold 2000)]
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Prague, The Crown of Bohemia 1347-1437," September 19, 2005–January 3, 2006.
Prague Castle. "Charles IV, Emperor through the Grace of God: Culture and Art in the Time of the Last Luxembourgs, 1347–1437," February 16–May 21, 2006.
Prague, Czech Republic. Picture Gallery, Prague Castle. "Karel IV., císař boží milosti: kultura a umění za vlády posledních lucemburků 1347-1437," February 16, 2006–May 21, 2006.
Cologne, Germany. Museum Schnütgen. "Glanz und Größe des Mittelalters: Kölner Meisterwerke aus den großen Sammlungen der Welt," November 4, 2011–February 26, 2012.
Catalogue des Objets d'Art Antiques, du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance Provenant de la Collection Bardini de Florence. London: Christie's, London, June 5–7, 1899. no. 347, p. 58.
Catalogue of a choice collection of pictures, antiquities, works of art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance from the collection of Signor Stephano Bardini of Florence: Volume 1, Text. London: Christie's, June 5, 1899. no. 144, p. 23, (Bardini no. 347).
Catalogue of a choice collection of pictures, antiquities, works of art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance from the collection of Signor Stephano Bardini of Florence: Volume 2, Plates. London: Christie's, June 5, 1899. no. 347, pl. 19.
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern: Ausstellung. Zurich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1964. no. 700, p. 74.
Schnitzler, Hermann, Peter Bloch, and W. F. Volbach. Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern: Skulpturen – Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz; europäisches Mittelalter. Vol. 1. Lucerne: Verlag Räber & Cie, 1964. no. 37, p. 18.
Bloch, Peter, Hermann Schnitzler, Charles Ratton, and W. F. Volbach. "Mittelalterliche Kunst der Sammlung Kofler-Truniger, Luzern." Aachener Kunstblätter 31 (1965). pp. 17–18.
"Departmental Accessions." Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 130 (Jul. 1, 1999–Jun. 30, 2000). p. 19.
Julius Böhler Kunsthandlung, ed. Collecting Treasures of the Past. Vol. 1. New York and Munich: Blumka Gallery, 2000. no. 15, unpaginated.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1999-2000." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 58, no. 2 (Fall 2000). p. 19.
Boehm, Barbara Drake, and Jiri Fajt, ed. Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347–1437. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. no. 61, p. 197.
Fajt, Jiri, and Barbara Drake Boehm, ed. Karel IV., Císař Boží Milosti: Kultura a Umění za Vlády Posledních Lucemburků 1347–1437 (Charles IV, Emperor by the Grace of God: Culture and Art in the Reign of the Last of the Luxembourgs 1347–1437). Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2006. no. 7.17, p. 61.
Fajt, Jiri, and Barbara Drake Boehm, ed. Karl IV., Kaiser von Gottes Gnaden: Kunst und Repräsentation des Hauses Luxemburg 1310-1437. Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. no. 131, pp. 394, 396.
Täube, Dagmar, and Miriam Verena Fleck, ed. Glanz und Größe des Mittelalters: Kölner Meisterwerke aus den großen Sammlungen der Welt. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. no. 30, p. 275.
Williamson, Paul, and Glyn Davies. Medieval Ivory Carvings, 1200–1550. Vol. 2. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014. p. 723.
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