Chess, Backgammon and Nine Men’s Morris (Mill game) board articulated and closing in the shape of a box fully coated wood with ebony and ivory marquetry engraved with black filled grooves Quadrifolio interior with engraved ebony and ivory marquetry with black filled grooves "Plant Elements", scalloped, engraved and gilt iron applications German - Nuremberg 17th C. small restoration, minor faults on the marquetry, signs of use Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (aberto) 72,5 x 36,5 x 3 cm; (fechado) 36 x 36,5 x 6cm Notes: It was part of the Lothar Schmid collection. Vd. exhibition catalogue "Jogos Cruzados - Viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente". Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 2022, p. 169, nº 93; vd. Schach, usprung der Spielfifur, pp. 104-105; e "O Xadrez e o Cérebro - Arte e Ciência". Lisboa: Franco Maria Ricci - Fundação Champalimaud, 2021, pp. 30-31.
This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 18PTLX07981C. Cabral Moncada Leilões warns of the fact that several countries prohibit the import of goods that incorporate materials from protected wild fauna and flora species, including, among others, ivory, coral and turtle. Therefore, we advise potential buyers to inform themselves in advance about the applicable legislation, in particular the customs regulations in force in the countries in question.