中國的雕刻工藝冠絕中外，其中，象牙雕刻中傳統雕刻技藝的代表“象牙鬼工球”工藝更被譽為是鬼斧神工，讓人見之驚嘆，嘖嘖稱贊！其成品結構之復雜、工藝之精美、制作構思之巧妙遠遠稱絕于其它工藝品。
China's engraving craftsmanship is at home and abroad. Among them, the traditional ivory craftsmanship in the ivory carvings is also known as the ivory craftsmanship, which is awe-inspiring, amazing, praise! The complexity of the finished structure, the exquisite craftsmanship, and the ingenious production concept are far from other crafts.
猛犸牙作為唯一可以代替現代象牙制品的原料，比當代象牙密度更大硬度更高，所以猛犸牙工藝品有極高的欣賞，收藏價值，是當今牙雕最好的原材料。它是非再生資源，世界上每發掘出一個就少一個，拋開其材質來說，年代悠久，所以本身的價值也比較高。
Mammoth teeth, as the only material that can replace modern ivory products, are denser and harder than modern ivory, so mammoth teeth crafts have high appreciation and collection value, and are the best raw materials for ivory carving today. It is a non-renewable resource, and every time it is discovered in the world, there is less one. Apart from its material, it is of long age, so its own value is relatively high.
之所以稱之為鬼工球，是說這種用象牙雕刻的多層球體堪稱鬼斧神工。此件鬼工球（猛犸象牙擺件）是用整塊象牙雕刻而成，這種象牙球交錯重疊，玲瓏精致，表面刻鏤著各式浮雕花紋。球體從外到里，由大小數層空心球連續套成，外觀看來只是一個球體，但層內有層。其中的每個球均能自由轉動，且具同一圓心。并且象牙球里外每一套球均雕鏤著精美繁復的紋飾，有百花、龍鳳及山水人物等數種，球與球之司相互連接，雕刻外層球體表面較易，但刻鏤內層許多球體時，受到施工空間的限制，就非常的困難，所以象牙球工藝會讓人感到技巧的奇特和玄妙。
The reason why it is called ghost ball is that this kind of multi-layer ball carved with ivory can be called uncanny workmanship. This ghost work ball (mammoth ivory ornaments) is carved from a whole piece of ivory. This ivory ball is interlaced, exquisite and delicate, and its surface is engraved with various relief patterns. From outside to inside, the sphere is made up of several layers of hollow spheres, which are just a sphere in appearance, but there are layers in each layer. Each ball can rotate freely and has the same center. And every set of balls inside and outside the ivory balls are carved with exquisite and complicated ornamentation, including flowers, dragons and phoenixes, landscape figures, etc. The balls are connected with each other, so it is easy to carve the surface of the outer balls, but it is very difficult to carve many balls in the inner layer due to the limitation of construction space, so the ivory ball technology will make people feel strange and mysterious in skills.
鬼工球的歷史非常悠久，清代的時候就已經發展到13層了，鬼工球有很多層，層層相套、每一層都可以獨立轉動，但是這么復雜的結構，卻是由一塊完整的象牙雕刻出來的。牙雕技法對于成就一件又一件的藝術品有著不可或缺的重要作用，它搭建了一座橋梁，聯系著原材料與雕刻師。雕刻師們用他們精湛的技法，在猛犸象牙上不斷注入著他們對牙雕國粹的這份熱愛與情懷。最后，也希望這些技法能夠一代又一代的傳承下去，不斷的完善與發展，讓牙雕向前發展的車輪能夠越走越遠，此件鬼工球（猛犸象牙擺件）是精美絕倫的中國國粹，極具收藏價值。
The history of ghost balls is very long. It has grown to 13 layers in the Qing Dynasty. There are many layers of ghost balls. Each layer can be rotated independently, but such a complicated structure is composed of one piece. The complete ivory is carved out. The tooth carving technique plays an indispensable role in the achievement of one piece after another. It builds a bridge connecting raw materials and engravers. The engravers use their superb techniques to instill their love and affection for the quintessence of the ivory on the mammoth ivory. Finally, I hope that these techniques can be passed down from generation to generation, constantly improving and developing, so that the wheel of the development of the tooth carving can go further and further. This ghost ball (mammoth ivory ornaments) is an exquisite Chinese national quintessence. Very collectible.
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