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and our planet’s dwindling natural resources
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Baroque & Later Ivories Foreword by Laura Lippman and a meaningful life isMore than 500 Baroque and later ivories from the V&As outstanding collection are illustrated and discussed in this scholarly catalogue. Included here is every ivory sculpture made after 1550 from a collection comprising German, Austrian, Netherlandish, British, French, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, and Spanish pieces, as well as examples from the Philippines, Goa, Sri Lanka, and South America. The range of objects is extensive: statuettes, reliefs,