Chinese puzzle ball
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A Chinese puzzle ball, sometimes known as a devil's work ball or the Concentric Ball, is an artifact that consists of a number of intricately carved concentric hollow spheres carved from a single soli
A puzzle ball on display at the Overseas Museum, Bremen
Ivory bishop piece with a Chinese puzzle ball in the base, from a Cantonese chess set
Carving tools used to create the intricate designs on Chinese ivory puzzle balls, displayed at the Guangdong Folk Art Museum in Guangzhou, China
3D renderings of the punched patterns on layer 2 of the Chinese puzzle ball held at the Rijksmuseum
Ivory carving
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Ivory carving is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, generally by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually. Objects carved in ivory are often called "ivories".
Chinese puzzle ball
…solid block that fit within one another in a way that looks impossible, often consisting of fourteen layers. They were traditionally made of ivory. Ivory carving is a traditional art and folk craft in ancient China. On May 20, 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list…
The Venus of Brassempouy, about 25,000 BP
11th-century Anglo-Saxon ivory cross reliquary of walrus ivory
Ivory headrest of Tutankhamun, 1330s BC
The Barberini Diptych for a victorious early 6th century Byzantine emperor