carved figurines

Small sculpted figures

Carved figurines are small sculptural figures shaped by cutting away material—typically wood, stone, ivory, or jade.

They range from religious icons and decorative collectibles to folk art and tourist souvenirs: a shelf of carved figurines from her travels, intricate jade figurines from the Han dynasty.

The term emphasizes both the diminutive scale and the subtractive technique that produced them.

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jade · idols · totems · miniatures · handcrafted · chiseled · dolls · effigies · ornaments · trinkets · deities · collectibles · art collector · intricate · delicate · netsuke · chess pieces · souvenirs

Opposites
scale

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Large-scale sculptural figures

colossal statues · public monuments · environmental art

dimensionality

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Images rendered by hand

relief carvings · photographs · murals · engravings · bas-reliefs

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G