Title: Chinese display carved ivory Dragon Puzzle Ball
Shipping: $29.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: Central Asia > China
Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 1900 to 1960
Item ID: 3487
Hand carved ivory dragons made into a ball for a display. Intricately hand carved ivory puzzle ball Incredibly beautiful and intricate Chinese Puzzle Ball. It has a number of freely moving layers, each within the other. A fascinating and incredible piece of artistry and workmanship. A lot of work goes into these detailed designs. Beautiful intricately carved antique ivory on display. The carved nested balls are particularly neat. this is a old ivory ball within a ball within a ball. Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball sculpture. We can count five to six balls, but there may be more? The inner balls are pierce carved with tiny stars. The outside ball measures 2 inches in diameter, and is pierce carved with tiny objects. The ivory sculpture is Beautiful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle_globe
A Puzzle globe, also called jigsaw globe, globe puzzle, puzzle ball, puzzle sphere or spherical puzzle, is a spherical assembly of puzzle pieces that, when put together, form a complete sphere or globe. An actual puzzle globes will generally have a one-piece spherical substrate that supports the puzzle pieces as they are laid in place. Like a 2-D puzzle, a globe puzzle is often made of all kinds of materials and the assembled pieces form a single layer. Like a 3-D puzzle, the final form is a three-dimensional shape. Most globe puzzles have designs representing spherical shapes such as the Earth, the Moon, and historical globes of the Earth.
