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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a unique artifact in its collection: a holy water situla made in Northern France between...

The octagonal shape, intricate carving and use of precious materials - a product of the Florentine workshop Embriachi. Such...

Beads with subtext were created in Germany around 1500–1525. Made of ivory, silver, and partially gilded fastenings, they are...

Oliphants, also known as hunting horns, were made of ivory and were popular in the Middle Ages. An example is this horn, made...

Ignaz Bendl's ivory reliefsVery little is known about the artist Ignaz Bendl. He was probably born in the second half of the...

An ivory panel created around 850 is an outstanding example of art, which is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert...

Between 1525 and 1550, many works of art with deep symbolic meaning were created in Europe. One such piece is this pendant...

17th-century German artist Balthasar Griesmann is the creator of intricate ivory sculptures. For a long time, very little was...

The sculptural composition “Apollo and Daphne” by the Austrian master Jacob Auer, created around 1688-1690, is kept in the...

Memento mori, or remember death, is a catchphrase that is firmly rooted in culture and is reflected in the art of different...