EditorialIvory statue of a falconer, Japanese, Meiji period, late 19th century. The masterly carving here reproduces every fold of the falconer's costume, the straw of his gaiters and boots, the individual strands of the cord and the soft plumage of the bird. I...
EditorialTusk Fragment with Christ Enthroned, 810?1010, Attributed to Egypt, Ivory; carved, H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Ivories and Bone, The close similarity of this fragment to the image of Christ with angels on the Ascension ivory suggests that ivory carvers car...
EditorialPhotograph of Jade Carvers at Work: The Curved Wheel, Wanzi, China, 20th century, China, Photograph, Image: 2 7/16 x 3 1/16 in. (6.1 x 7.8 cm), Photographs.
EditorialFisherman's God, Polynesian, (late 18th- early 19th?).The short, squat figure is a typical example of the so-called "fisherman's god", mounted at the front of ebery fishing canoe on Rarotonga, one of the Cook islands in the South Pacific.The wood carve...
EditorialIvory statue of a falconer, Japanese, Meiji period, late 19th century. The masterly carving here reproduces every fold of the falconer's costume, the straw of his gaiters and boots, the individual strands of the cord and the soft plumage of the bird. I...
EditorialPlaque with the Ascension, ca. 1050, Made in Rhineland, Germany, German, Ivory, Overall: 4 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 1/4in. (10.3 x 9.1 x 0.7cm), Ivories, The Ascension of Christ, that moment forty days after his resurrection when he ascended bodily into heaven,...
EditorialTusk Fragment with Christ Enthroned, 810?1010, Attributed to Egypt, Ivory; carved, H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Ivories and Bone, The close similarity of this fragment to the image of Christ with angels on the Ascension ivory suggests that ivory carvers car...
EditorialFigure, ca. 1790, Made in Salem, Massachusetts, United States, American, Mahogany, Furniture, Attributed to Simeon Skillin (1757?1806), Attributed to John Skillin, This figure adorned the pediment of a Chippendale-style desk and bookcase. Thought to ha...
EditorialIvory statue of a falconer, Japanese, Meiji period, late 19th century. The masterly carving here reproduces every fold of the falconer's costume, the straw of his gaiters and boots, the individual strands of the cord and the soft plumage of the bird. I...
EditorialFisherman's God, Polynesian, (late 18th- early 19th?).The short, squat figure is a typical example of the so-called "fisherman's god", mounted at the front of ebery fishing canoe on Rarotonga, one of the Cook islands in the South Pacific.The wood carve...