The 173 Artworks of media Ivory and containing the word danish unknown goldsmith, ivory

Carved in fine low-relief, this panel (like others from the same small casket) is considered to be among the most beautiful Egyptian works in ivory. The panels decorated a casket or jewel-box, and still have traces of green polychrome. The scene depicted shows a procession of people bearing offering...

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This object is called a ‘spoon’ for cosmetics as it was used as a container for ointments. Carved in ivory, it reveals great artistic sensitivity and a sense of humour when dealing with an everyday theme. It shows a date-palm whose bowl is like a large leaf and handle is a palm-shaped tree-trunk. Le...

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Vorder- und Rückseite sowie beide Schmalseiten des Kammgriffteils sind mit Reliefs verziert, begleitet von griechischen Inschriften. In den Bogenfeldern wird jeweils eine kirchliche Architektur aus Mittelapsis und seitlichen Konchen sichtbar. Auf der hier abgebildeten Seite stehen in einer Art Tribu...

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Preserved in its entirety, the threewinged movable altar (triptych) displays in its closed state a cross decorated with rosettes on a stepped pedestal under a baldachin. When opened, the central panel depicts the crucifixion. Longinus thrusts a lance into the dead Christ’s side while Stephaton holds...

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This panel must have decorated the cover of a book. Due to its monumental character, it occupies a stylistically isolated position. Both figures are wearing simple garments of a kind that recall the ancient world, the folds of the cloth underlining the narrative content of the scene. The archangel G...

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Diptychs and triptychs that could be opened and closed, and which served as precious objects of private devotion, were made by carvers of ivory in the Gothic period following the Byzantine example. This Berlin piece, remarkable for its artistic quality, numbers among the earliest diptychs, which wer...

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Under Saint Louis, King Louis IX of France (reigned 1226–1270), a courtly style evolved in Paris that extended to all the artistic genres. Small works of art achieved a special status, as did products of the goldsmith’s and ivory carver’s crafts. In contrast to the numerous ivory figures of the Mado...

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This plaque, fragmented by damage to the upper edge, was originally part of a cycle of carved ivory panels known as the Paliotto of Salerno. A total of sixty-seven reliefs survive today, the greatest number being in the Museo Diocesano in Salerno. Other individual panels are in New York, Budapest, P...

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The Great Berlin Pyx surpasses all surviving Late Antique ivory boxes in both its dimensions and its remarkable artistic quality. In the middle of the main scene, Christ as teacher sits on a throne with a back and footrest in front of an arched structure. His right hand is raised in a speaking gestu...

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In late antiquity a two-leaved folding writing tablet, the diptych, was in common use. From it were derived decorative objects made in several parts of precious material. In classical antiquity, ivory from the tusks of African and Indian elephants was already considered a precious and rare material ...

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The master luthier (a maker of lutes and other stringed instruments) who created this kemenche rendered birds, scrolling foliage, and stars along the head, edges and back of this instrument, using ivory set in tortoiseshell with a gold leaf backing. He carved the tuning keys from ivory and capped th...

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