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Latest Products Of Chinese Arts And Crafts. A Shanghai-produced large-sized ivory carving with its theme drawn from the Chinese classical novel "A Dream of Red Mansions". Altogether 163 figures and various scenic spots in the "Daguanyuan" (the Garden of Magnificent Views, as described in the novel), all carved out of ivory, are glued on a 168-centimeter-long tusk.The work has a total weight of 75 kilograms. Right inset is a part of the work showing Lin Daiyu, the heroine of the novel, coming from the south to live in Uncle Jia's family in Beijing. Photo by Xu Yigen