Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Ivory

Ivory
Virgin and Child

Deut.4:4
"But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day."


"the face changing to a demon's face with a fixed glassy grin" ~~~Katherine Anne Porter

"And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" Isaiah 40:5


Vierge en ivoire, trésor de la Sainte Chapelle, Louvre Goal Tantalus Ivory Virgin and Child Col.1:5  Virgin and Child, from the Treasury of the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris Ivory,polychrome remains, (1250-1260)




 Stunning Antique knitting needle box




Another view: The actress allowed a glimpse of the detailed back of her dress 



 Memento Mori. Carved ivory rosary, early 16th century. Currently in the Metropolitan museum of art, New York.






 Tankard Germany, 1651, carved ivory mounted in silver gilt. The Victoria & Albert Museum 






Chess: "Ivory""Virgin and Child"

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