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Indian Ivory Decorative Carvings

May 2026

These objects are all intricately carved ivory pieces from various regions of the Indian subcontinent, including decorative panels, brackets, combs, and sculptural elements dating primarily from the Mughal period and earlier South Asian kingdoms.

33 objects · 3 institutions

Bracket

Bracket

Metropolitan Museum of Art

18th century

Bull and Elephant in Combat

Bull and Elephant in Combat

Cleveland Museum of Art

1500s-1600s

Carved Bracket

Carved Bracket

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s

Carved Bracket

Carved Bracket

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s

Carved Bracket

Carved Bracket

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s

Carved Brackets

Carved Brackets

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s

Chair Leg

Chair Leg

Cleveland Museum of Art

300s CE

Chair Leg

Chair Leg

Cleveland Museum of Art

300s CE

Chair Legs and Panel

Chair Legs and Panel

Cleveland Museum of Art

300s CE

Comb Panel with a Seated Devi

Comb Panel with a Seated Devi

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s

Comb with Devi and Attendants

Comb with Devi and Attendants

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s–1700s

Cover of a Palm Leaf

Cover of a Palm Leaf

Cleveland Museum of Art

1700s

Female Attendant Bearing Fly-Whisk (Chauri)

Female Attendant Bearing Fly-Whisk (Chauri)

Cleveland Museum of Art

700s

Female Attendant Bearing a Lotus

Female Attendant Bearing a Lotus

Cleveland Museum of Art

700s

Female Attendants

Female Attendants

Cleveland Museum of Art

700s

Furniture Leg with Dancing Nature spirits (Yakshis)
IIIF

Furniture Leg with Dancing Nature spirits (Yakshis)

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 17th century

Furniture Leg with Princely Equestrian Figure
IIIF

Furniture Leg with Princely Equestrian Figure

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 16th/17th century

Ladies Entertained by Dancers

Ladies Entertained by Dancers

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–200 CE

Ladies at Toilette

Ladies at Toilette

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 50–200 CE

Lion's Head

Lion's Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

17th Century

Male Bust

Male Bust

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 50–320 CE

Mithuna (Loving Couple)

Mithuna (Loving Couple)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1300

Panel

Panel

Cleveland Museum of Art

1600s

Panel

Panel

Metropolitan Museum of Art

11th century

Panel from a Box

Panel from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1700

Panel from a Box

Panel from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1700

Panel from a Box

Panel from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1700

Panel from a Box

Panel from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 18th Century

Panel from a Box

Panel from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1700

Panel from a Box

Panel from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1700

Panel from a Minbar

Panel from a Minbar

Metropolitan Museum of Art

13th–14th century

Panels from a Box

Panels from a Box

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1700

Standing Woman

Standing Woman

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 50–200 CE