Elephant Tusk Ivory "Long Life" Carving, Early 1900's
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For sale is an antique "Long Life" statue carved out of solid elephant tusk ivory I inherited from my grandfather, he was 92 years old when he passed away, this was 20 years ago. The solid elephant tusk ivory carving depicts and old fisherman and a child. I grew-up watching this carving and a few others I inherited from him. This and the other pieces I inherited were displayed in an old victorian class curved china cabinet. We used to talk about art and art carvings and the fine craftsmanship. He inherited this piece from his father (It is unkown how long his father had this in his family so it is possible this piece is much older than I am advertising this for) whom he said was originally from the Fujian State in Southern China. This is one reason why I toured China in 2000 for three months to see the country and learn the culture and to visit a friend and maybe connect with the old country and family. My tour was an eye opening experience as I started connecting the dots of my own personal behavior and w these bahaviors originated. Going back to the item...this piece was carved by a master craftsman, this is obvious from the very fine details of the carving, the graining of the tusk is very evident by just looking at this piece closely. Please view the last image of the bottom of the carving...solid elelephant tusk with an age
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