Christ crucified

Christ crucified, polychrome and gilt ivory sculpture, naturalistic carved teak base "Lion, lizards and plants among stones", sissoo cross with carved, gilt and painted blue ivory applications, Indo-Portuguese, 18th C. (2nd half), missing nails on the feet, wear on the paint and gilding. Notes: similar copy in the exhibition catalogue "A Expansão Portuguesa e a Arte do Marfim". Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1991, p. 153, No. 424. a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nº PT/C-0697/2007; b) It is currently prohibited by several countries to import goods that incorporate materials from protected wild fauna and flora species, including, among others, ivory, coral and tortoiseshell; c) In Portugal, in accordance with the planned transposition into national legislation of the most recent EU guidelines on ivory trade, the issuance of re-export certificates to countries that are not part of the EU is suspended; d) In this context, potential buyers are advised to inform themselves in advance about the legislation of their country and applicable international restrictions., Dim. - (escultura) 16 cm; (total) 43 cm