While Westerners have considered carved ivory spheres the epitome of Chinese artistry, such works had already existed in 17th-century Europe. This leads to the interesting question: Did carved spheres originate in Europe or in China?
以往層層鏤雕的象牙球一直被西方人視為中國意象與工藝的代表，但其實歐洲早在 17 世紀就有鏇床製作的牙雕作品，由此引發一個有趣討論：象牙球的發源地，究竟是歐洲？