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Jack, a lot of these decorative ivory-substitute models have been made and marketed since the last quarter of the 20th century, when the UN's endangered species treaty placed stiff controls on international trading in ivory. Typically they are pieced together in segments carved from bone, but I suppose other materials such as plastics are used as well.
Your horses and lion may come from India or elsewhere on the subcontinent. The lion in particular has a Mughal or Indo-Persian flavor about it. Decorative pieces such as Buddhistic temple lions and Tang-style horses are being made through this technique in China and/or Taiwan I believe. However, lions aren't native to East or Southeast Asia, and this style if depicting them isn't characteristic of Chinese handicrafts.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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