inese, in bronze-casting they seem to have nothing to learn from Europe. They not only produce all the delicate moulding of the lotus- leaf — by some process unknown — but produce relief ornamenta¬ tion by cutting the surrounding metal away, as Mr. Audsley has rightly pointed out. Such relieved… … much m the habit of graving diaper and other patterns on bronzes and filling them up with silver wire, with which they cover large surfaces in salvers or vases with good effect, and very original designs or patterns. I cannot do better than make selection, as a subject of compa¬ rison, of a…
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