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replica | cast metal | patinated | height 22 cm
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Temple Dancer
This graceful artist with the snake reached the present time from the period of the dancing god Krishna. Her graceful limbs, resplendent in jewellery, embody a culture of refined eroticism to which the pleasures of the senses were sacred. Even today, king cobras are kept in temples in India and Thailand and worshipped at cult dances. Ayutthaya style, Indochina, 16th century. Original privately owned. Cast metal, finely patinated by hand. Height 22 cm.
A true-to-the-original reproduction of an artwork in the same size and with the best possible material and colour uniformity.
The mould is usually taken directly from the original so that the replication reproduces even the finest details. After casting the replication, using the most appropriate method, the surface is polished, patinated, gilded or painted according to the original.
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A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.