History: It’s not everyday that you long to hold a pouch of baby rats. But when they are Japanese netsuke, the urge to wrap your fingers around these ivory carvings may be irresistible. Netsu… ...

A large ivory netsuke of Kan'u, unsigned, circa 1740 Credit: Neil K. Davey, Netsuke: a Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection ...

LONDON — In his award-winning biography, “The Hare With Amber Eyes,” British ceramic artist Edmund de Waal tells the story of his family through its collection of Japanese netsuke carvings.

The question, instead, is the effectiveness of banning, with limited exceptions, the sale of antique worked ivory, including netsuke (small carved ornaments, often attached to the sash of a kimono ...

Insider initially identified dozens of listings for ivory products — including a traditional Indian ivory bracelet inlaid with amethyst gems, a celluloid and ivory manicure travel case, "antique ...

“Ivory has been a chosen material for great works of art for thousands of years,” says Max Rutherston, an Asian art dealer who specialises in netsuke — the intricately carved button-like ...

The Miami ophthalmologist’s cache also includes a 3.25-inch-tall ivory horse that holds the world-record auction price for netsuke of £154,000 (about $300,000 at the […] × Robb Report ...

Antiques Traders Angry at the UK’s Ivory Ban, One of the World’s Toughest, ... London-based dealer Max Rutherston, who specializes in Japanese netsuke, small carved ivory ornaments, ...

Antique lobbyists who want to continue dealing in pre-1947 ivory are challenging the ban in a judicial review in the High Court next week, arguing it is incompatible with EU law.