EditorialTengu Hatching from an Egg, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Wood with red lacquer, H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Netsuke, This type of representation of the birth of the mythical creature known as ten...
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...
EditorialInkstand, Pen Tray, Pen Holder, 1840-60 carved by William Gibbs Rogers. This ink stand was carved by William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He has used lime wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Rogers was one of the most p...
EditorialInkstand, Pen Tray, Pen Holder, 1840-60 carved by William Gibbs Rogers. This ink stand was carved by William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He has used lime wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Rogers was one of the most p...
EditorialInkstand, Pen Tray, Pen Holder, 1840-60 carved by William Gibbs Rogers. This ink stand was carved by William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He has used lime wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Rogers was one of the most p...
EditorialInkstand, Pen Tray, Pen Holder, 1840-60 carved by William Gibbs Rogers. This ink stand was carved by William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He has used lime wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Rogers was one of the most p...
EditorialInkstand, Pen Tray, Pen Holder, 1840-60 carved by William Gibbs Rogers. This ink stand was carved by William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He has used lime wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Rogers was one of the most p...
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.
EditorialTengu Hatching from an Egg, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Wood with red lacquer, H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Netsuke, This type of representation of the birth of the mythical creature known as ten...
EditorialStatuette of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 5 5/16 x W. 3in. (13.5 x 7.6cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, Phoenician ivory carvers were strongly in...
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...
EditorialFish carvers. The Book of Household Management, etc. [With plates and illustrations.]. London : S. O. Beeton, 1861. Source: C.194.a.507 p. 176.
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...