Subasta Bidspirit | Our Lady of the Immaculate

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception - ivory sculpture Cingalese-Portuguese 16th/17th C. missing hands, modern acrylic base Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 12 cm Notes: similar copy in the exhibition catalogue ”A Expansão Portuguesa e a Arte do Marfim”. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1991, p. 46, nº 30. a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 13-PT-LX1415/C; b) Several countries prohibit the import of goods that incorporate materials from protected wild fauna and flora species, including, among others, ivory, coral and turtle; c) In Portugal, according to the forecast transposition into the Portuguese legislation of the more recente EU guidance document concerning ivory commerce, the issuing of reexport certifications for non EU countries is suspended; d) We therefore advise potential buyers to inform themselves in advance on the applicable legislation, in particular the customs regulations in force in the countries concerned