Saint Anthony partially gilt wooden sculpture ivory head, hands, book and feet, carved sissoo base with gilt friezes Indo-Portuguese 17th C. (4th quarter) missing Child Jesus Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (escultura) 34,7 cm; (total) 42,8 cm Notes: vd. similar copies in the catalogue of the exhibition “A Expansão Portuguesa e a Arte do Marfim”. Lisboan: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1991, pp. 169-170 nºs 491 and 496.

a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: No. 26PTLX02088C;
b) Currently, the import of goods incorporating materials from protected wild fauna and flora species, including, among others, ivory, coral and tortoiseshell, is prohibited by several countries;
c) In Portugal, in accordance with the planned transposition into national legislation of the most recent EU guidelines on the ivory trade, the issuance of re-export certificates to countries outside the EU is suspended;
d) In this context, potential buyers are advised to inform themselves beforehand about the legislation of their country and applicable international restrictions.