Inv. 9102
Queen on horseback; soldiers with spears; crown.
Liebgott 1985: Scandinavia, c. 1400.
Museum's opinion 2013: Scandinavia, c. 1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Recorded in the inventories of Det kgl. Kunstkammer (The Royal Danish Kunstkammer, 1650-1825) of 1692 and 1737; after the Kunstkammer was dissolved the piece appeared in the inventory of Det kgl. Kunstmuseum (The Royal Danish Art Museum, 1825-1867) of 1825, in the inventory of Museet for Nordiske Oldsager (Museum of Northern Antiquities 1819-1892) in 1845, in the inventory of Nationalmuseet (The National Museum of Denmark, 1892-).
Bibliography
D. M. Lindell, Chessman (New York, 1937), p. 131.
H. and S. Wichmann, Chess: the Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times (New York, 1964), p. 286.
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben- fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), p. 81, fig. 75.
B. Gundestrup, Det Kongelige danske Kunstkammer 1737 (Esbjerg, 1991), vol. II, p. 187.
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