#carved ivory

[charlesreeza]

Crucifix, ivory and tortoiseshell, 18th century, Sicilian workshop

Treasury of Palermo Cathedral - photo by Charles Reeza

#carved ivory #crucifixion #religious art #Roman Catholic #jesus christ #Italy #Sicilia

[bad-moodboard]

18th century French ivory carvings depicting "tooth worms” believed by many people in the past to bore holes in human teeth and cause toothaches.

#wyrm #tooth #teeth #carving #ivory #1700s #sculpture #hell #devils #devil

[unhookedwings]

Knife with Sheath, Dieppe (French), 19th century

#dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #academia #art #aesthetic #artwork #light academia aesthetic #fashion #dark academia fashion #gold aesthetic #French #bloody knife #dieppe #ivory knife #anthropology #19th century #ivory carving

[treasures-and-beauty]

Mastodon Ivory Amulet by Carolyn Morris Bach

#ivory #mastodon #face #amulet #carolyn morris bach #carved #animals #dogs #america #moonstone #jewelry

[arthistoryanimalia]

Another #TwoForTuesday for #WorldRatDay: two Japanese netsuke of two rats from the Met!

Title: Netsuke of Two Rats Artist: Okatori Date: early 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Ivory, horn Dimensions: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

Title: Netsuke of Two Rats Period: Meiji period (1868–1912) Date: second half of the 19th century Culture: Japan Medium: Wood Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

#World Rat Day #rat #rats #rodents #Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #netsuke #costume #decorative arts #carving #ivory #horn #wood #Metropolitan Museum of Art New York #Okatori #animal holiday #Two for Tuesday #animals in art

[ltwilliammowett]

Mini ivory carving of a sailing ship entering a harbour, with quayside activity, inscribed at the bottom in Indian ink "Ire Vue du Port de Cadiz", 18th or early 19th century

#naval artifacts #mini ivory carving #harbour scene #18th -early 19th century #age of sail

[lionofchaeronea]

Ivory double bell (egogo) from the Benin kingdom in present-day Edo State, Nigeria, depicting the oba (king) with his arms upheld by two attendants, possibly high priests. The oba wielded the egogo during the Emobo rite that concluded the Igue festival, using its sound to repel troublesome spirits. Artist unknown; early 16th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.

#art #art history #Africa #African #African art #West Africa #West African #West African art #Nigeria #Nigerian art #Kingdom of Benin #Benin art #sculpture #ivory #ivory carving #African religions #16th century art #Brooklyn Museum

[yebreed]

Exquisite Helmeted Hornbill skull carving auctioned in 2007. Late Qing.

The inscription reads "殷勤寄牛女，河漢正相望". These are lines from the poem of Yuan Zhen (元稹), Chinese novelist and poet of the middle Tang.

Such a carving was a rare and valuable collector's item. Artifacts of this kind did not appear in China until the early Ming. Precious hornbill ivory could be imported from Burma, Siam and Malay Peninsula. Mostly expensive small accessories were made of hornbill ivory; the use of a whole skull is rather atypical. Currently, the trade of hornbill ivory is prohibited by law.

Despite the apparent massiveness, the skull is pretty light, since the bone outgrowth has a porous structure. Outside, it is covered with a gleaming scarlet ivory-like substance.

See more in The University Museum Bulletin.

#Qing Dynasty #qing #chinese art #ivory #ivory carving #skull #skull art #skull design #skull aesthetic #ancient china #chinese culture

[thatshowthingstarted]

"Bering Sea Eskimo Inuit Carved Walrus Ivory Anthropomorphic Figure of a Polar Bear with its Cub,"

A Bering Sea Eskimo Inuit Carved Walrus Ivory Anthropomorphic Figure of a Polar Bear with its Cub, probably Amuletic. Early 19th Century,

3.5cm high, 9.5cm long, 2.5cm wide (1½ ins high, 3¾ ins long, 1 ins wide).

Courtesy: Finch & Co.

#art #history #design #style #archeology #sculpture #bering sea #inuit #carved #ivory #anthropomorphic #figure #bear #cub #eskimo #amulet #finch&Co

[magnetictapedatastorage]

Wheellock Gun of Philippe de Croy, Prince of Chimay (1526–1595 Flemish). covered in breathtaking panels of carved ivory depicting over a dozen greek gods

metropolitan museum of art, Gallery 375 (arms and armor -> European Hunting and Sporting Weapons)

#the met #metropolitan museum of art #gun #ivory #carving #art

[lisablack000]

Lion-man, the oldest known anthropomorphic animal carving in the world ( 38,000 BCE ). It was found in a German cave in 1939. it was carved out of mammoth ivory using flint stone tools.

#lion #germany #mammoth #carving #history #anthropomorphic #animal carving #ivory #lion man

[charlesreeza]

The Three Parcae, ivory, Joachim Henne, 1670

The Reiner Winkler Collection, Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

In Roman mythology, the Parcae were the female personifications of Destiny. They are often called the Fates in English. Their Greek equivalents were the Moirai. They controlled the "thread of life" of every mortal and immortal. Even the gods feared the Parcae.

Nona spun the thread of life on her spindle, Decima measured the thread of life, and Morta cut the thread of life and chose the way a person would die.

#Baroque sculpture #carved ivory #fine art #Fate #mortality

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Terminal bead of carved ivory rosary. Spain, 17th century.

#Terminal bead of carved ivory rosary #death

[creaturesculptures]

Ivory kirin netsuke [x]

#kirin #mythical creature #ivory #netsuke #japan #carving #sculpture

[alittleguyaday]

A Little Guy on a Yup'ik harpoon line, c1885-1930!

Little Guy rating: 10/10

Notes: ivory little guy! probably a seal!

#alittleguyaday #ivory carving #yup'ik #first nations #yupik #first nations art #sorry for the absence i was up a mountain #seal

[arthistoryanimalia]

For both #WorldFrogDay + #WorldSparrowDay today, here are two ivory nestukes on display together at the The Walters Art Museum:

1. Skull and Toad

Ohara Mitsuhiro, Edo, early-mid 19th c.

2. Stylized Fukurasusume ("fat sparrow")

after Masanao of Kyoto, Edo, early 19th c.

#animals in art #animal holiday #museum visit #19th century art #Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #netsuke #ivory #carving #figurine #Walters Art Museum #World Frog Day #World Sparrow Day #frog #toad #sparrow #bird #birds in art