Elephant ivory Crucifix on a tortoiseshell and mother - of - pearl cross Italy (?), 17th century Height x width: 75 x 33 cm. Height x width Christ: 27.5 x 19.5 cm. Total weight: 2000 g. - Estimated ivory weight: 250 g. elephant ivory crucifix (Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 or Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797), placed on a wooden cross veneered with mother - of - pearl and tortoiseshell (hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, Cheloniidae). The figure of the Saviour is studied anatomically; the hands are slightly ajar and the nail holes are located closer to the wrist and not in the centre of the hand. The head has the crown of thorns and is folded towards the right shoulder, facing upwards; the soft hair falls to the shoulders, the eyes are open and turned towards heaven and the mouth is half - closed. The legs of the crucifix are positioned parallel, the feet are overlapped and nailed together. The private parts are covered by a loincloth with a side drape. On the cross, above the ivory crucifix, is the cartouche with the Titulus Crucis I.N.R.I. Item condition grading: **** good, missing some mother - of - pearl parts.

1. How to participate

You may participate in the auction in the following ways: in person at the premises where the auction will take place; by telephone; online by registering on our website https://bertolamifineart.cz or on our partner portals (see list below); by submitting an absentee bid.

a. Attendance in the auction room

Unacquainted customers who have not already registered must provide a valid identity document.

b. Telephone bidding

You can place your bids during the auction by telephone, with the assistance of one of our operators. In order to do so, you will be required to make a reservation by 10:00 am CEST on Thursday 19th September 2024, specifying the lots you wish to bid for and your telephone number. Customers who have booked this way will receive a call on the telephone number they have indicated a few lots before those for which they have expressed interest.

A telephone bid reservation has the value of a written absentee bid at the starting price as indicated in the auction catalogue.

To register for a telephone bid, please fill in the appropriate bid form.

For info: [email protected]

c. Live participation via our website or our partner portals

You can place your bids during the live auction by registering or logging onto our website https://bertolamifineart.cz or on the following partner portals:

Arsvalue

Bid Inside

Drouot

Invaluable

OneBid

Live Auctioneers

d. Absentee bid

Bids may be submitted in writing by filling out the appropriate absentee bid form, or also by means of a free text. Absentee bids may be e-mailed to [email protected] and must be received by Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. by 10.00 a.m. CEST on Tuesday 17th September 2024.

The absentee bid shall be deemed to autorhise the auctioneer to bid on behalf of the signatory.

2. Exhibition

Some lots will be put on public display on 16th and 17th September 2024.

Viewing times:

16th and 17th September: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST;

Venue:

Bertolami Fine Art at Savino & Partners

18, Máchova 838, Vinohrady, 120 00 Prague, Czech Republic

3. Pre-auction offers

From the date of publication of the online catalogue until 10.00 a.m. CEST on 19th September 2024 it will be possible to:

– submit written bids in accordance with point d of section 1;

– place pre-auction bids on https://bertolamifineart.cz or on the partner portals

Pre-auction bids

may also be placed during the course of the auction on our website https://bertolamifinart.cz and on the following partner portals:

Arsvalue

Bid Inside

Drouot

Invaluable

OneBid

Live Auctioneers

In the event of:

One single pre-auction bid on a lot

In the absence of additional bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded at the starting price even if the sole bid received is higher (the amount of the pre-auction bid indicates the maximum bid the bidder is willing to place).

Example: Starting price € 1,000 – Single pre-auction bid € 1,500 – Lot awarded at € 1,000

Multiple pre-auction bids of the same amount on the same lot

In the absence of additional bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the earlier bidder.

Multiple pre-auction bids of different amounts on the same lot

In the absence of additional bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the highest bidder. The hammer price is calculated by adding to the amount of the next lowest bid a predetermined increment, as set out in the table below (Table A).

Example: customer A bid € 1200 - customer B bid € 1800. Customer B does not win at the award price of € 1800 but at € 1300. That is, the automatic increase of € 100 laid down in Table A for bids in the 1000-1999 € range is applied to the amount of the next lowest bid.

4. Payment

Successful bidders may choose from the following payment methods:

– credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express);

– Paypal;

– wire transfers in favour of Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. (please note that, in case of payment by wire transfer received from a non-European country, 10 € will be added to the invoice amount);

– cash (up to legal limit);

– for previous customers only: non-transferable bank cheque or cashier’s check in favour of Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. (please note that, in case of payment by foreign cheque, 10 € will be added to the invoice amount).

Please note: Invoices paid by cheque, cash or bank transfer are exempt from the 3.5% of administration fees.

Payment of purchased items must be made within seven (7) days from receipt of the invoice. If the invoice hasn’t been paid within 30 days following adjudication, the buyer will be charged a monthly penalty of 1% on the amount of the unpaid invoice.

5. Auction fees

The buyer shall pay Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. an auction fee as follows:

28% of the hammer price up to and including € 10.000;

26% of that part of the hammer price over € 10.000 and up to and including € 400.000;

24% of that part of the hammer price above € 400.000.

An additional commission shall be applied to lots purchased through on line participation on our website https://bertolamifineart.cz or on our partner portals, quantified as follows:

https://bertolamifineart.cz: +1.5% of the hammer price;

ArsValue: 1,5%

Bid Inside +2.5 % of the hammer price;

Drouot +3% of the hammer price;

Invaluable +5% of the hammer price;

OneBid +1.5 % of the hammer price;

Live Auctioneers + 5% of the hammer price;

6. Additional costs

Shipping costs and possible additional customs duties are to be borne by the buyer. In the event that, due to unjustified complaints, the goods should be returned to Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o., shipping costs and possible custom duties customs duties shall be incurred by the customer.

7. Conditions of Sale

The Conditions of Sale that govern the relationship between Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. and the customers taking part in the auctions are displayed in each catalogue. Since said Conditions shall be deemed automatically accepted from the moment you participate in the auction, please read them carefully.

In case of discrepancy between the Conditions of Sale published in the printed or pdf catalogue and the version that appears in the online catalogue, the online version shall prevail.

8. Description of lots

Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. is exempt from any liability with regard to descriptions and evaluations of lots in the catalogue, condition reports or any other illustrative material. Such descriptions are purely indicative and only represent a personal opinion provided by our experts.

9. Publication of auction results

The auction results will be published by Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o. on its website for information purposes only, within ten (10) days of the closing date.

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AUTOMATIC INCREMENTS

BERTOLAMI FINE ART - 18, MÁCHOVA 838, VINOHRADY,, THU 19 SEPTEMBER 2024 AT 3:00 PM.

VIEWING

16 - 17 September 10:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 6:00pm CEST

Bertolami Fine Art at Savino & Partners a.s.

18, Máchova 838, Vinohrady,

120 00 Prague

Czech Republic