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Works of Art (144)

Abigail Willing, ca. 1795, Walter Robertson (Irish), American, Watercolor on ivory (68.222.13)
Altar Cross, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (63.12)
Alto Recorder in F, ca. 1700, Made by Johann Benedikt Gahn (German), Nuremberg, Germany, Ivory (89.4.909)
Apis bull, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, ca. 664–332 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (modern base) (17.190.62)
The Artist's Family, Pierre Henri (American, born France), Watercolor on ivory (2000.25)
Baby with Rattle and Dog, 1842, Mrs. Moses B. Russell (American), Watercolor and gouache on ivory (1999.6)
Benjamin Kintzing, Benjamin Trott (American), Watercolor on ivory (56.72)
Bishop Chess Piece, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (17.190.229)
Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion, Icon carved about 1000, in Constantinople; setting made before 1085, Spanish; From the Monastery of Santa Cruz de la Serós, Jaca, Gilded silver on a wood backing, inset with ivory icon, sapphire, glass, and crystal (17.190.134)
Booklet with Scenes of the Passion, carving, ca. 1300; painting, ca. 1310–20, Northern France (carving) and Upper Rhine (painting), Elephant ivory, polychromy, gilding (1982.60.399)
Bookstand, 1839, Designer: Charles-Auguste Questel (French); Maker: Georges-Alphonse Jacob Desmalter (French), France; Paris, Oak, maple, ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, silk velvet, gilt bronze, and brass (2006.518)
Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6)
Box, ca. 1910–20, Marie Zimmermann (American), Wood, silver alloy, brass, ivory, amethyst, and semi-precious quartz (2005.464)
Box, late 16th–early 17th century; Mughal, Indo-Portuguese style, Gujurat, India, Teak, ebony, ivory, and lac (2000.301)
Bracelet, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.138)
Breastplate (Civanovonovo), early 19th century, Fiji (created by Tongan artists), Whale ivory, pearl shell, fiber (1978.412.746)
Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2)
Bust of a Nobleman, ca. 1695–1700, C. Lacroix (Burgundian, active Genoa), France or Italy, Elephant ivory (2005.243)
Cabinet (armoire), 1867, Charles Guillaume Diehl (German, act. Paris), cabinetmaker; Jean Brandely (French), designer; Emmanuel Frémiet (French), sculptor, France (Paris), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony, and ivory, silvered bronze mounts (1989.197)
Cabinet, 1926, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French), Designer, Macassar ebony, amaranth, and ivory (25.231.1)
Calvary, late 17th–early 18th century, German or Netherlandish(?), Ivory, ebony (50.182a–g)
Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1575–1600, Venice, Beech wood, painted and decorated ebony with encrustations of mother-of-pearl; gilded ivory, and gouache miniatures on parchment under glass; later textile-lining (17.190.848)
Casket with Warriors and Dancers, carved 11th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone, copper gilt (17.190.239)
Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241)
Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore), 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.122)
Chariot, ca. 550–525 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, ivory (03.23.1)
Chess set, late 18th century, Russian (Kholmogory), Walrus ivory (60.146a-pp)
Christ Presenting the Keys to Peter and the Law to Paul, second half of 12th century, German (Westphalia), Elephant ivory (1979.399)
Cittern, ca. 1685, Joachim Tielke (German), Germany (Hamburg, Wood, ivory, ebony, other materials (1985.124)
Clappers, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., Egyptian; From Amarna, Ivory (32.5.2a-b)
Clarinet in B-flat, 1830
Charles Joseph Sax (Beligan), Maker, Brussels, Belgium, Ivory, brass (53.223)
Colonel Richard Thomas, 1796, James Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (31.118)
Comb, Predynastic Period, ca. 3200 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (30.8.224)
Cornetto in A, 1570–80, Germany, Ivory, gold-plated brass or copper (52.96.1)
Corpus of Christ, ca. 1250, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory, traces of paint (1978.521.3)
Crossbow of Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, 1460, German, Wood, iron, ivory, horn, whalebone, tendon (04.3.36)
The Crucified Christ, ca. 1300, Walrus ivory with traces of paint and gilding (2005.274)
Cupid on a Lion, ca. 1675–90), Mattheus van Beveren (Flemish), Flemish, Ivory, ebony base (1980.220)
Dagger (kard), ca. 1800; Qajar, Iranian, Steel, ivory, gold (36.25.1043)
Diptych with the Last Judgment and Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 1250–1270, French; Paris, Elephant ivory (1970.324.7a–b)
Double Comb: Scenes from the Story of Joseph, mid-16th century, Probably Flemish, Ivory (11.93.13)
Edward Livingston, ca. 1827, Anson Dickinson (American), Watercolor on ivory (38.41)
Egyptianizing figures on either side of a tree with a winged disk, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (62.269.3)
Elizabeth Ann Timothy (Mrs. William Williamson), ca. 1775–85, Henry Benbridge (American), Watercolor on ivory (26.286)
Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1260–1280, French; Paris, Elephant ivory with traces of paint and gilding (1999.208)
Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1300, England (probably London), Elephant ivory (1979.402)
Female Figure, early 19th century, Ha'apai Archipelago, Tonga, Whale ivory (1979.206.1470)
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, 1820–1740 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Probably Acemhöyük, Central Anatolia, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil (32.161.46)
Game Piece, 12th century, German (Probably made in Cologne), Walrus ivory (16.106)
George Henry Remsen, ca. 1790, William Verstille (American), Watercolor on ivory (68.222.10)
George Washington, 1796, John Ramage (Irish), American, Watercolor on ivory (24.109.93)
George Washington, ca. 1777, Charles Willson Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (83.2.122)
Handle for a Fly Whisk (Tahiri), 18th century or earlier, Maohi (Tahitian) people, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Whale ivory, fiber (1978.412.875)
Harpoon Counterweight, 2nd–3rd century, Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1975.311)
Harpoon Head, 4th–5th century, Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1981.358.1)
Hercules and Achelous, probably mid-17th century,Attributed to the Master of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, Austrian, Ivory (1982.60.129)
Hippopotamus tusk with circular perforations, early 4th millennium B.C.; Chalcolithic period, Levant, Nahal Mishmar, Ivory (hippopotamus) (L.1994.74.14)
Horn, ca. 1100–1200, South Italian, Ivory (17.190.218)
Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1)
Human Figure, 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D., Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1979.206.695)
Hunting Sword, ca. 1740–50, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243)
Icon with Saint Demetrios, ca. 950–1000, Byzantine, Ivory (1970.324.3)
Icon with the Deesis, mid-900s, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.133)
Icon with the Koimesis ("Falling Asleep") of the Virgin Mary, late 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.132)
Icon with the Virgin and Child, carved mid-10th–11th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.103)
Ivory Spoon, 16th century, Sierra Leone; Sapi-Portuguese, Ivory (1979.206.116)
James Bogert, Jr., ca. 1835, Henry Inman (American), Watercolor on ivory (44.68.1)
Jeremiah Lee, ca. 1769, John Singleton Copley (American), Watercolor on ivory (39.174)
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, second half of 17th century, By or close to Balthasar Griessmann, Austrian, Ivory (1997.91)
Joseph Griffiths, ca. 1794, Edward Savage (American) Watercolor on ivory (1985.141.8)
Kate Rosalie Dodge, 1854, John Wood Dodge (American), Watercolor on ivory (1988.280)
Koto with Case, early 17th century; fabric koto wrap, 18th and 19th century, Goto Teijo, Ninth Generation Goto Master (Japanese), Japan, Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlay, gold and silver inlays, metalwork (2007.194a–f)
Lidded Bowl, 17th–18th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.126a, b)
Lidded Saltcellar, 15th–16th century, Sierra Leone; Sapi-Portuguese, Ivory (1991.435a,b)
Lion head plaque, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C., Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu, Ivory (65.163.22)
Lira, ca. 1890, Greece, Wood, tortoiseshell, ivory (2003.378)
Liturgical Comb, ca. 1200–1210, English, Ivory (1988.279)
Longcase Clock, probably ca. 1675–78, Movement by Thomas Tompion (English), Case: oak, veneered with oystershell-cut olivewood and marquetry panels of green-stained bone, ivory, and various woods, gilt-brass mounts; Dial: brass, partly gilded and partly silvered; Movement: brass and steel (1999.48.2)
Male Figurine, Predynastic Period, late Naqada I–early Naqada II, ca. 3750–3550 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (54.28.2)
Mangbetu Trumpet, early 20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele region), Ivory (1999.74)
Masquerade Element (Omama): Ram's Head, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.123)
Medallion with Return from a Spring Outing, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 16th–early 17th century, China, Ivory (1993.176)
Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 1350–1375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160)
Mirror, ca. 1710, Johann Valentin Gevers (German), silversmith; Johann Andreas Thelot (German), silversmith, Germany (Augsburg), Oak and pine veneered with tortoiseshell, silver, gilt silver, and green-stained ivory; mirror glass (1989.20)
Mirror, second quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Iron, ivory, and gold (1972.24)
A Mother's Pearls (Portraits of the Artist's Children), 1841, Thomas Seir Cummings (American), Watercolor on ivory (28.148.1)
Mrs. Jacob Motte, ca. 1755, Jeremiah Theus (American), Watercolor on ivory (1997.340)
Mrs. William Beekman Ver Planck and Her Son William Beekman Ver Planck, ca. 1825–30, Attributed to Anne Hall (American), Watercolor on ivory (67.263)
Musette, end of 17th century, French, Ivory, silver, leather, silk, wood, and paper (2003.63a–d)
Nativity Scene, 18th century, Ecuadoran, with Hispano-Philippine ivory inserts, Bodies of wood, polychromed and gilded; faces and shoulders, ivory touched up with polychromy (64.164.172–.174)
Neptune, carved mid-17th century, Adam Lenckhart (German), Austria, Ivory (24.80.91)
Nubian with oryx, monkey, and leopard skins, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Excavated at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Ivory (60.145.11)
Pair of doors, ca. 1325–1330; Mamluk, Egypt (Cairo), Wood inlaid with carved ivory panels (91.1.2064)
Pair of vases, ca. 1795–1800, Nikolai Stepanovich Vereshchagin (Russian), Russian; Archangielsk, Walrus and elephant ivory (1998.13.1,.2)
Panel with Christ and the Four Symbols of the Evangelists, carved ca. 1050, Ottonian (possibly Fulda, Germany), Ivory (17.190.51)
Panel with the Evangelist Mark and His Symbol, carved 1000–1100, Ottonian (probably Cologne, Germany), Ivory (17.190.36)
Pectoral Cross, 1000–1050, Probably from the Abbey of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, northwestern France, Walrus ivory with copper alloy gilt inlays (17.190.217)
Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory, iron, copper (?) (1978.412.323)
Pipa, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Unknown Maker, China, Wood, ivory, bone, silk (50.145.74)
Plaque with Agnus Dei and Four Evangelists, probably 9th century, German or North Italian, Ivory (17.190.38)
Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists, 1000–1100; mounted on a 15th-century Lectionary, Ottonian (probably Cologne, Germany), Ivory (41.100.169)
Plaque with Emmaus Scenes, ca. 860–880, Carolingian, Ivory (1970.324.1)
Plaque with Otto I presenting the Cathedral of Magdeburg, 962–968, Ottonian; From the Cathedral of Magdeburg, probably made in Milan, northern Italy, Ivory (41.100.157)
Plaque with Saint Aemilian, ca. 1060–80, Master Engelram and his son Redolfo, Spain (Logroño), Elephant ivory inlaid with glass (1987.89)
Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist, early 9th century; Early Medieval, Carolingian; Made in Aachen, Elephant ivory (1977.421)
Plaque with sphinxes, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Syrian style, Arslan Tash(?), Syria, Ivory with traces of gold foil (57.80.4a,b)
Plaque with the Ascension, ca. 1050, Western Germany, Ivory (1970.324.2)
Plaque with the Creation of Animals, ca. 1084, South Italian; modern Amalfi (Campania), Ivory (17.190.156)
Plaque with the Crucifixion and the Defeat of Hades, mid-10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.44)
Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and the Noli Me Tangere, ca. 1115–1120, Spanish; Made in León, Ivory, traces of gilding (17.190.47)
Plaque with two women, ca. 650–600 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Ivory (17.190.73)
Plaque with "woman at the window" motif, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Probably Arslan Tash, Syria, Ivory inlaid with glass (57.80.12)
Plaque, 10th–early 11th century; Caliphal, Attributed to Córdoba, Spain, Ivory, quartz, pigment (13.141)
Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips) (17.190.137a-c)
Portable Diptych Sundial, ca. 1598, Hans Troschel the Elder (German, Nuremberg), Ivory and brass (03.21.38)
Portrait of a Gentleman and His Daughter, ca. 1810, Francois M. Guyol de Guiran (French, act. America), Watercolor on ivory and painted paper (2001.95)
Prancing Horse, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, probably reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391–1353 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory, garnet inlay (26.7.1293)
Pyx Depicting Women at the Tomb of Christ, 500s, Byzantine; Made in the eastern Mediterranean, Ivory (17.190.57)
Pyxis with the Triumph of Dionysos in India, mid-500s, Byzantine; Possibly made in Syria, said to have been found in Rome, Ivory (17.190.56)
Pyxis, 10th century (950–975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.234.5)
Rachel Brewer Peale and Baby Eleanor, ca. 1791, Charles Willson Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (2006.235.127)
Rebab or rabab, 19th century, Algeria, Wood, parchment, metal, ivory, leather (89.4.403)
Relief: Lamentation beneath the Cross, carved 1632, Adam Lenckhart (German), Italy, Ivory (24.80.87)
Roundel with Karma Lineage, 16th century, Tibet, Ivory (2003.495)
Saltcellar: Portuguese Figures, 15th–16th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory (1972.63a,b)
Sandals, late 20th century, Tanzania, Swahili coast, Wood, ivory (1999.47.110)
Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century, India, Orissa, Ivory (64.102)
Segment of a Crosier Shaft, late 12th century, North Spain, Elephant ivory (1981.1)
Self-Portrait, 1769, John Singleton Copley (American), Watercolor on ivory (2006.235.32)
Self-Portrait, ca. 1810, Joseph Wood (American), Watercolor on ivory (1993.283)
Situla (Bucket for Holy Water), ca. 860–880, Carolingian; From the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Crannenburg, Germany, possibly made in Reims, northern France, Ivory with copper alloy gilt mounts and inlays (17.190.45)
Soprano Recorder, ca. 1700, Thomas Boekhout (Dutch), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ebony and ivory (89.4.912)
Standing Female Figure, 18th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory, metal (1978.412.302)
Stephen Hooper, 1773, Henry Pelham (American), Watercolor on ivory (25.98)
Susan Hayne Simmons (Mrs. Manigault Heyward), ca. 1813, Robert Fulton (American), Watercolor on ivory (14.135)
Three Holy Women at the Sepulcher, early 10th century, Northern Italy (Milan?), Elephant ivory (1993.19)
Turned Cup with Cover, 17th century, German, Ivory (10.212.2a,b)
Two Panels of an Ivory Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian, 521, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.52, 53)
Virgin and Child Enthroned, early 17th century, Manner of Christoph Angermair (German), South German, Ivory (24.80.93)
Virgin and Child, late 16th century, German or Netherlandish, Ivory (24.80.89a,b)
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 18th century, Hispano-Philippine, Ivory, partly polychromed and gilded, with glass eyes and silver halo (64.164.243)
Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe, ca. 1750–57, Georg Henrich Scherer (German), Germany (Butzbach), Narwhal tusk, ivory, gilt brass (2006.86a–c)
Woman's comb, 15th or 16th century, France or Italy, Ivory, polychromy, gilding (17.190.245)
Writing box, late 16th–early 17th century, India, Gujarat or Sindh, Wood with ivory and sadeli decoration (2004.439)

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