Italian ivory carving depicting a merchant - Genoese area, late 18th to early 19th century

elephant ivory carving (Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 or Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797) depicting the bust of a merchant sculpted in the round.
Height 19.5 cm, base 4.5 x 4.2 cm. Weight 308 g.
Item condition grading: **** good.
Accompanied by Centro Universitario Milano Bicocca Radiocarbon Dating Analysis dated 19/03/2018 and by CITES Certificate.

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