A work box "House" wood coated with ivory plaques black grooved decoration, interior with partitions and secret India - Vizagapatam 18th/19th C. smsall restoration, missing container inside, some cracks on the ivory, slightly domed inner lids, lock Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 17 x 15 x 11,5 cm Notes: a similar copy is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum - vd. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73885/work-box-unknown/ - consultado a 30-04-2024 às 15:19. Vd. JAFFER, Amin - "Furniture from British India and Ceylon - A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Peabody Essex Museum". Essex: Peabody Essex Museum, 2001, p. 206, nº 50. a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 19-PT-LX017010/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 tortoiseshell; 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;
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