diptych - British Museum
Leaf of a diptych; ivory; the panel is carved with the apotheosis of a pagan figure in three scenes: at bottom: four elephants draw a carriage carrying a dignitary, who sits beneath an aedicula with a gabled roof.
panel - British Museum
Ivory openwork panel with seated lion facing right, wearing a Pharaonic collar and a uraeus and disk, with half of a sacred tree in front; incised horizontal guilloche along the upper and lower frames, with rectangular projecting tenon at the top and bottom
netsuke - British Museum
Netsuke. Elephant and man in the form of a seal. Made of ivory, with eyes inlaid in dark horn.
terribly beautiful. Elephant - Man - Ivory - Museumsportal Berlin
Jul 20, 2021 · The exhibition looks at this tense connection between elephant, man and ivory. Its global and epoch-spanning narrative leads from the small to the large: from the ivory fragment to the motif of the tusk to the whole animal.
Terrible Beauty | Exhibition at Humboldt Forum
Jul 20, 2021 · “Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory” spans diverse themes and epochs. © In each exhibition area the question of provenance is traced by an exemplary object. As far back as 40,000 years ago, humans were creating objects from mammoth tusks.
Carved ivory leaf from a diptych — Google Arts & Culture
At the centre-right a mature bearded man in a senatorial toga sits beneath a gabled roof supported on columns. This ornate structure is borne on a wheeled carriage drawn by four elephants with...
Carved ivory leaf from a diptych, Rome, 402 AD | The British Museum Images
At the centre-right a mature bearded man in a senatorial toga sits beneath a gabled roof supported on columns. This ornate structure is borne on a wheeled carriage drawn by four elephants with their riders, holding prods and elephant-rattles.
London - A world city in 20 objects: Ivory relief of Louis XIV
Nov 8, 2012 · Our weekly series examines an artefact from the British Museum with origins in one of the capital’s diverse cultures. The art of ivory carving was practised in Europe, above all in the town...
netsuke - British Museum
Acquired in Japan in 1929 by the late Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) when he visited to present the Order of the Garter from King George V to the Showa Emperor.
(Description) Figure 3 An object from the British Museum, ivory, …
This figure shows four colour photographs of a carved elephant seen from different directions. At top left is a view of the standing elephant from the side. Its head is on the left and is turned to look back and down, with its trunk extending to the right.
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