象牙制品是指用象牙做成的工艺品。象牙制品作为一种收藏品，与黄金、白银等财物不同，没有统一的价格标准。象牙制品中的象牙是指象嘴的两颗大牙，一般呈淡黄色，硬度不高(大约相当各类红木)，光泽较好。

现代象象牙制品一般集中在两个方面，一是纯艺术角度方面的精品，例如在雕工造型结构方面唯美逼真的产品;而另一个就是题材蕴含吉祥如意的精品，如喜庆、财富、安康类等。由于市场上创出高价的牙雕藏品，基本上都属于古董牙雕类，进入市场的数量非常少，因此，一般收藏爱好者很难买得到。

Ivory is a craftwork made of ivory. Ivory products as a collection, unlike gold, silver and other properties, there is no uniform price standard. Ivory products in the ivory refers to the mouth of the two large ivory, generally light yellow, hardness is not high (about all kinds of mahogany), better luster.

The modern elephant ivory products are generally concentrated in two aspects, one is the pure artistic quality, such as the beautiful and realistic products in the sculpting structure, and the other is the good quality of the theme, such as happiness, wealth, and health. Because of the high price of dental carvings on the market, basically belong to the antique tooth carvings, the number of entering the market is very small, so the general collector is very difficult to buy.

【藏品名称】 ：老料象牙椭形饰件

【款式-风格】 ：明代

【数量-单位】 ：一对

【类别】 ：杂项

【规格】：总重：288.8g

象牙雕是古老的民间工艺，商代牙雕工艺水平已很高，主要作筷、杯、纹饰和青铜器的风格雷同。·春秋时期象牙除作生活用品外，还作剑鞘等。到唐代，象牙的镂雕工艺达到很高水平。元代在皇宫内成立了牙雕加工部门。17世纪我国象牙雕刻造诣很深，可雕出几个层次的雕件。19世纪中国牙雕已具工业规模，并大量出口。雕刻内容有民俗、飞禽、走兽、花卉、童趣、神话、景物等等。20世纪象牙雕刻已较少，更多的用于制作实用小物，如镜框、麻将牌、把手、杯托、药称……等。

象牙为材料的雕刻工艺及其成品，是一门古老的中国传统艺术，民间工艺美术。象牙为大象身上最坚固的部分，其光洁如玉、耐用、珍贵勘与宝玉石媲美，因此象牙又有"有机宝石"之美誉。象牙雕刻艺术品，以坚实细密，色泽柔润光滑的质地，精美的雕刻艺术，倍受收藏家珍爱，成为古玩中独具特色的品种之一。

Ivory carving is an ancient folk craft, the Shang Dynasty has a high level of carving technology, mainly for chopsticks, cups, ornaments and bronzes of the same style. In the spring and Autumn period, ivory was also used as a scabbard besides daily necessities. In the Tang Dynasty, the carving process of ivory reached a very high level. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Imperial Palace was set up in the palace. In seventeenth Century, China's ivory carving was very deep, and carved pieces of several levels could be carved out. In nineteenth Century, China's dental carvings were industrial scale and exported in large quantities. The sculptures include folk customs, birds, animals, flowers, childishness, myth, scenery, etc. Ivory carving in the 20th century has been less, more for the production of practical small objects, such as frames, mahjong cards, handles, cup holders, medicinal weights... Wait.

Ivory is the ancient Chinese traditional art, folk arts and crafts. The ivory is the strongest part of the elephant's body. Its luster, durability, and precious prospects are comparable to precious jade. Therefore, the ivory has the reputation of "organic gem". Ivory engraving art, with solid and fine, soft and smooth texture, exquisite engraving art, attracted by collectors, become one of the unique features of antique.