Asian Ivory

Over 600 photos display carved ivory from China and Japan.

Finely carved ivory from China and Japan is featured here, along with artist's signatures, in over 600 beautiful photos. Graceful okimono figures in many forms, dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, are the primary focus of this book, while scholar's brush holders and wrist rests, cricket cages, card cases, match holders, sword hilts, and scabbards are also presented.

An engaging text explores the history of th...