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| Keywords: dublin ireland capital city capitalcity city tour citytour citiscape park streets streetphotography museum bridge inspired by love inspiredbylove exhibition ivory Details from the exhibition - ivory carved items from the Far East.. Ivory, as well as bone, has been used for various items since early times, when China still had its own species of elephant. Figures were typically uncolored, or just with certain features colored in ink, often just black, but sometimes a few other colors. By the 18th century China had a considerable market in items such as figures made for export to Europe, and from the Meiji Period Japan followed. Japanese ivory for the domestic market had traditionally mostly been small objects such as netsuke, for which ivory was used from the 17th century, or little inlays for sword-fittings and the like, but in the later 19th century, using African ivory. A specialty was round puzzle balls of openwork that contained a series of smaller balls, freely rotating, inside them, a tribute to the patience of Asian craftsmen. Details from the exhibition - ivory carved items from the Far East.. Ivory, as well as bone, has been used for various items since early times, when China still had its own species of elephant. Figures were typically uncolored, or just with certain features colored in ink, often just black, but sometimes a few other colors. By the 18th century China had a considerable market in items such as figures made for export to Europe, and from the Meiji Period Japan followed. Japanese ivory for the domestic market had traditionally mostly been small objects such as netsuke, for which ivory was used from the 17th century, or little inlays for sword-fittings and the like, but in the later 19th century, using African ivory. A specialty was round puzzle balls of openwork that contained a series of smaller balls, freely rotating, inside them, a tribute to the patience of Asian craftsmen. | ||||
