Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 175
f work was executed inthe fourteenth century.Objects made of ivoryalone are very rare inSaracenic art. The il-lustration given of anivory ink-horn is uniquein this material, but ink-horns of the same shapeare common that havebeen made in copper andbrass. Figure and animal carvings of Saracenic or… … Fig. 125.—Carved Ivory Panels of a PulpitDoor; Saracenic. (S. K. M.) IVORY CARVINGS. 157 carvings. There are numerous statuettes of Confucius,Cheoii-lao, the god of old age, of the Buddhist femaledivinity Kouan-in, and of other divinities. Necklaces,pierced plaques for waist-belt decoration, and…
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