Ivory carving techniques developed until they reached a pinnacle in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Particularly in the carving of multi-layered ivory spheres in which layers are carved inside one another, the Chinese ivory craftsmen were without peer.
朝代一路而下，牙雕飾品更是美不勝收，發展到明、清，技巧爐火純青，特別是層層轉轉相疊的象牙套球，雕工舉世無雙。