Western ivory carving came in all shapes and kinds through the Renaissance and the Baroque. It even carried down to the beginning of this century, of which it is written in the Encyclopedia Americana that a new fashion arose in Paris and Brussels, that of using ivory together with precious metal and jewels. It goes on to say that the style has an especially affected air.
接著文藝復興、巴洛克，直到本世紀初，「布魯賽爾和巴黎的新藝術風格興起，象牙結合珠寶金屬，呈現出奇特的矯飾氣質… …」西方牙雕琳琅滿目，無怪乎相較之下，美國出版的《大美百科全書》深感與有榮焉，評曰：「中國的牙雕手工細雖細矣，卻缺乏藝術內涵。」