Chinese art ivory, in the opinion of the reviewer and of practically all amateurs of the ancient art of China, constitutes an art of a lower category. It is extremely rare to find a piece of ivory which is inspiring in the least degree. For that reason, when the Imperial collections, of Chinese ancient art were sent to London and exhibited a few years ago, samples of Chinese ivories were practically non-existent, with the exception of a very few pieces without any res]. artistic value, Furthermore, as the author alleges, "it is only in recent times that machine carving and factory methods have combined {o make mass production of carved ivories possible." It must be admitted that any shape of art which can be made the object of "mass production" is, in fact, no art at all.
Ivory, nevertheless, has been from fashioned and polished, if we rely upon the discovery of some fossils found north and south of the Yangtze. The mandarins, high officials of the Court, ete., used ivory freely and in many ways as an ornament in the same way as they were very fond of jade.
"Mr. Eastham's work is, as far as I know, the most complete and thorough survey of Chinese art ivory, For that reason it rhovld be on every Chinese art crm.eteur's Nazi Consul Allowed To Leave Batavia Batavia, Oct, 21.
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