Christ

Christ, partially painted and gilt ivory sculpture, Indo-Portuguese, 18th C., three fingers missing. Notes: for similar copy vd. exhibition catalogue "A Expansão Portuguesa e a Arte do Marfim". Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1991, p. 154, nº 425. a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nº 12-PT-LX3815/C; 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 turtle; 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. - 33,7 cm