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Detail from ivory casket, with jewels, made in Goa, ca, 1540; 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches; Victoria and Albert Museum

Detail from ivory casket, with jewels, made in Goa, ca, 1540; 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches; Victoria and Albert Museum

One of a pair of throne-legs, from Nepal or northern India, ca. Twelfth century (Pala-Sena Dynasty); 7 inches high; British Museum, London, U.K.

Ivory throne made for Queen Victoria in Travancore, India; 1840; 63 ¼ x 38 ¼ x 34 inches; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.

Ivory chess set; made in India; each piece is 5 inches high; Twentieth Century; private collection, United States.

Ivory group, Bengal; depicting British men smoking a hookah; probably 1830-50; 3 1/8 inches high; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.

Panel depicting a scene from the Kama Sutra; Fifteenth century; Orissa, India; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Woman holding pitcher; on lotus base, Nineteenth century; 4 ¾ inches; private collection, Washington, DC

Snake charmer playing a Magudi; Nineteenth century; 2/5 inches; National Museum of India, New Delhi.

Anglo-Indian suite of furniture, early twentieth century, private collection, London, U.K.

Ivory cabinet, decorated with pearls, silver, and gold; made in India; ca. 1670; 38 ¼ x 24 ½ inches; British Museum, London, U.K.

Chess piece, Persian; ca. 1000; 1 ¾ inches high; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.

Wood table with ivory, ebony, and mother-of-pearl veneer; Turkish; ca. 1550-1600; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Ivory throne leg; south India; ca. 1238-64; 16 inches high; British Museum, London,U.K.

Detail of panel from cosmetics box, South India; ca. 1650; entire panel is 6 x 12 inches; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.

Ivory relief; Tamil Nadu region of India; ca. 1600. Musée Guimet, Paris, France