Of course, if mammoth teeth are blue leather, the price will be higher. Therefore, this kind of high-quality mammoth ivory can be said to produce very little, and mammoth ivory is digging less and less. It's really rare to see high quality ones.
Under the same material, the greater the gram weight of mammoth ivory products, the more complete the raw materials are preserved, and there are no cracks that affect the molding and caking of products, and the higher its value. As a handicraft, the better the carver, the more complicated the craft, the better the creativity and the higher the price.
Choose ivory carving crafts mainly from three aspects:
First, the material is good. Because mammoth ivory can circulate freely, and the material is not as warm and soft as African ivory, the price of African ivory is higher than that of mammoth ivory. In Chinese mainland, the circulation of each set of African ivory carving technology needs to be approved by the State Forestry Administration and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the ivory products collection certificate will be issued.
Second, the craft is beautiful. Ivory carving techniques are mainly divided into elegant northern school and elegant and exquisite southern school. The tooth carvings exhibited in this Guangzhou Fine Tooth Carving Exhibition have concentrated the fine works of various schools in the south.
Third, the age is not long. Illegal traders often use cigarettes and tea to process antique ivory. Real African ivory, even if left for a lifetime, will be slightly yellow at most, and it can't be as yellow as smoked and soaked. So you can't judge your age just by color. Any larger tooth carving craft will not be the same, because each tooth carving craftsman's craft is different and the year is different.