These finely sculptured stele date to around the first century AD and the biggest is the largest single stone ever worked on by man.

They were replaced by seven women whose careful poses were akin to those of finely sculptured statues.

A smoother, more theatrical show could be fashioned from this songbook, which includes a trove of finely sculptured mini-narratives.

The dark oak panels each set with a finely sculptured lamp and the fireplace, big enough to seat a dozen people.

Green and brown waves were dotted, not with boats, but with finely sculptured Thoroughbreds.

His finely sculptured face had an aquiline nose which seemed too small sitting on top of the mass of meat.

O'Rory's long finely sculptured face was gravely composed.

Finely sculptured walking sticks denoted power and position.

Finely sculptured dragons curl around them, and birds, probably phoenixes, sit atop them.

Others, like finely sculptured doors, beds and myriad dragons' heads, were variously decorative or of religious significance.