Through Merces, Hu, 45, of Flushing, Queens, and Wu, 33, of Great Neck, advertised and sold elephant ivory carvings, including carved tusks, evading detection by advertising their products as ...

The V&A Museum Aims to Raise $2.5 Million to Buy a Rare 12th-Century Ivory Carving. The piece, showing Joseph of Arimathea lifting Jesus down from the cross, is under a temporary export ban.

Around 2011, an explosion in demand from China’s new rich for this so-called “red ivory,” named after the hue the casque takes on when it’s carved, has led to wholesale slaughter of ...

A rare sculpture of Jesus carved out of walrus ivory has been acquired by London’s V&A Museum, dashing the hopes of New York’s Met Museum.

The first sale included a carved ivory apple and a carved ivory Buddha statue for $1,150 in November 2018. The package was reportedly shipped with Cooper’s name and home address handwritten on ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Some call it "ivory on wings," part of the bill of a critically endangered bird in Southeast Asia that is sought by poachers and carved into ornaments for illegal sale to ...

Local History: Rare porcelain from 1715 fleet reflects Spain’s trading empire. Ted Burrows, St. Lucie Historical Society. ... rare spices, delicate ivory carvings and other valuables.

Archaeology 'Quite enigmatic': Rare stone carving of Assyrian king surrounded by gods discovered in Iraq Archaeology Ram in the Thicket: A 4,500-year-old gold statue from the royal cemetery at Ur ...

The first sale included a carved ivory apple and a carved ivory Buddha statue for $1,150 in November 2018. The package was reportedly shipped with Cooper’s name and home address handwritten on ...

The first sale included a carved ivory apple and a carved ivory Buddha statue for $1,150 in November 2018. The package was reportedly shipped with Cooper’s name and home address handwritten on ...