iGavel Auctions: Pair of Chinese Carved Ivory Cylinder Incense Holders, ca. 1900 CAC1

Modification Notice:
The seller last modified this listing Thu, 03/21/24 @ 05:16:55 PM ET.

Estimate
$50-100

Description

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES MATERIAL style="color: #ff0000;">
Please note, that as the purchaser, you are responsible for conforming with applicable federal, state and local government regulations concerning objects that contain endangered species materials or related substances. iGavel and the sellers on iGavel assume no responsibility for communicating to the purchaser the legality or otherwise of the sale of any objects that may be restricted under state and local law within the jurisdiction of the purchaser.

INTERSTATE SALE
This item meets the criteria to be an ESA (Endangered Species Act) Antique:
A. It is 100 years old or older;
B. It is composed in part or whole of any endangered species or threatened species listed under section 1533 of the Act;
C. It has not been repaired or modified with any part of any such species on or after December 28, 1973; and
*D. It entered at a port designated for the import of ESA antiques

*Under Director s Order No. 210, as a matter of enforcement discretion, items imported prior to September 22, 1982, and items created in the United States and never imported must comply with elements A, B, and C above, but not element D.

This lot is accompanied by documentation that meets federal requirements for an interstate sale including; either a CITES pre-Convention certificate, a dateable photograph, a dated letter, or other documentation referring to the item or other evidence.

Guidance provided by the FWS located in appendix 1 of the Director s Order 210 establishes the criteria for the antiques exemption for the prohibitions of the ESA, the criteria used for this lot meets the requirements of proof listed in Director s Order 210, appendix 1, sections 5, 6, and 7.
020919em

Provenance
Property from the Collection of Brigadier General Charles A. Coolidge
The Coolidge Ledger: "Bought from (illegible) Chinese ivory merchant in compound temple Agriculture Peking China March 1901...." Ledger numbers 330, 331
On Loan: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 14, 1932, numbers 53,54
St. John's School Exhibition: Glimpses of Ancient China March 6, 1963; back of page 1 under "Ivory"

Measurements
2 3/8 inches

Weight

Condition
light wear