Chess, Backgammon and Nine Men's Morris Board (Ginner Game) articulated closing in the form of a box wood entirely lined with ivory and ebony marquetry "Plant elements" laterals with Brazilian rosewood veneer 17th C. restoration, minor faults and defects, cracks, missing parts of the clasps Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (aberto) 84 x 55,5 x 4,5 cm; (fechado) 42 x 55,5 x 9,5 cm Notes: vd. similar set in WICHMANN, Hans and WICHMANN, Siegfried - "Chess - The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times". London: Paul Hamlyn Ltd, 1964, figs. 104 e 105. Another similar set 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.

a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 18-PT-LX07845/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 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.