Chess, Backgammon and Nine Men’s Morris boards (Mill game) fully coated wood with ebony and ivory marquetry "Geometric motifs" interior with reserves "Plant motifs" German 17th C. (1st quarter) restoration, minor faults in the marquetry, signs of use Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (fechado) 7,5 x 36 x 36 cm; (aberto) 4 x 72 x 36 cm Notes: It was part of the Dermot Rochford collection.

Similar piece was part of the  exhibition "Jogos Cruzados - Viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente" in Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, from the 14th of June to the 25th of September of 2022, and is reproduced in its catalogue, p. 169, fig. 93; also represented in "O Xadrez e o Cérebro - Arte e Ciência". Lisbon: Franco Maria Ricci - Champalimaud Foundation, 2021, pp. 30-31.

a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 20PTLX04460C;
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 recent 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.