Benin Bronze Cast Art - c. 1530-1570
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Benin Bronze Cast Art - c. 1530-1570 Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plaques like this were made using the lost wax method, where an artist creates a form in wax, covers it in layers of clay, and bakes the mold until the wax runs out. The artist then pours molten bronze into the hardened clay form, and breaks the form to release the final casting.
