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Idol of Goddess Durga carved out of Ivory from 19th Century - Displayed in Murshidabad Museum, India. Murshidabad in the state of West Bengal, India was a famed centre for ivory carving. A set of ivory table and chairs, displayed at Victoria Memorial, Kolkata is an exquisite example of carving done by Murshidabad carvers. This is a five legged ...
The Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures is a salt cellar in carved ivory, made in the Kingdom of Benin in West Africa in the 16th century, for the European market. It is attributed to an unknown master or workshop who has been given the name Master of the Heraldic Ship by art historians.
Works of art created from ivory, a hard, white material from the tusks and teeth of animals of any species. See also Category:Bone carvings . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivory sculptures .
The finest example for Sri Lankan ivory carving are the ivory carvings at the door-frame of Ridi Viharaya, Kurunegala. Delicately carved panchnāri ghataya motif and two dancer images can be seen here. There is a gajasinha carving at the corridor of the temple. [3] Temple of the Tooth also houses fine ivory decorations. [1]
Both ivory and bone were carved in relief panels, often with two or three strips forming a single inlay. Only ivory was used for openwork. [7] After carving the surfaces were smoothed and lightly polished. Traces of colour survive, showing the use of alternating red and blue pigments, and the highlighting of plain backgrounds with red or black.
Benin Altar Tusks (Edo: Aken’ni Elao) are ivory artefacts from the Benin Kingdom in present-day Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.These tusks date back to the 16th century and measure approximately 61 inches (1,500 mm) in height, 5.2 inches (130 mm) in width, 4.7 inches (120 mm) in depth, and weighing 25 kilograms (55 lb) according to a sample at the British Museum.
The ivories comprise plaques decorated in relief with intricate carvings of sphinxes, lions, serpents, people, flowers and geometric motifs, as well as carvings of female heads and female figurines. They were carved in various locations across the Ancient Near East, including Egypt, modern Syria and Lebanon, with relatively few carved locally ...
African ivory has been treasured since ancient times in part because of how it could be carved as well as how difficult it was to acquire. [3] These qualities additionally mean that ivory has always been a symbol of wealth and luxury that can was used to decorate the ivory coffers of Tutankhamen's Egypt, as well as the ivory throne made by King Solomon. [3]