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".
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
Barberini ivory
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The Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor. It is generally dated fro
Ivory carving
…by Darius I. The raw material was brought from Nubia in Africa and South Asia (Sind and Arachosia). Europe Antiquity and the Early Medieval period The Barberini Diptych for a victorious early 6th century Byzantine emperor Chryselephantine sculptures are figures made of a mixture of ivory, usually for the flesh parts…
Ivoire Barberini Musée du Louvre Objets d'art OA 9063; MND 211
Solidus of Constantine II, minted in Heraclea between 326 and 330.
3/4 view, underlining the different depths of relief on the Barberini ivory.