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4 - Mourning Virgin, known as the Mater dolorosa, depicted with …
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Mourning Virgin, known as the Mater dolorosa, depicted with her hands clasped across her chest, carved from elephant ivory (Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis), mounted on a turned wooden base (attached). France, 18th century Total height: 16.5 cm Gross weight: 207.33 g The halo is missing. Mr Pierre Grignon Dumoulin, court-appointed expert at the Amiens Court of Appeal, an approved agent for works of art made from materials derived from biodiversity. Specimen composed wholly or partly of ivory from Elephantidae spp. (Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis), listed in Appendix I of CITES and in Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 338/97. In accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021, the item will be delivered to the purchaser together with its intra-Community certificate (CIC) No. FR2606900632-K, issued by the CITES Centre in Clermont-Ferrand on 24 September 2026, attached to the expert report by Mr Pierre Grignon Dumoulin. The two documents are inseparable: any separation of the report may result in the CIC not being recognised during an inspection. Export outside the EU is prohibited, except where justified for state cultural institutions. When being transported, the specimen must be accompanied by the CIC and the expert report, in their entirety.
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Auction time 10/31/2026 at 2:30 PM
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