Through the disappearance of 32 porcelain chess pieces, the film follows the fate of a Jewish collection looted by the Nazis, revealing the profound tragedy of expropriation, the complexities of provenance, and institutional complicity. Using archival images, the resonant sounds of porcelain, and a real search notice, the film employs an experimental cinematic language to explore the Gustav von Klemperer porcelain collection’s ongoing legacy of loss, closely linked to the Dresden State Art Collections in Germany—one of the world’s leading museum institutions. A PROVENANCE is a silent film—without being silent.