cire perdue process

Casting was done by the cire perdue process in clay moulds, but a great deal of labour was spent on finishing.

The outsize 17-inch-tall sepia statuette, made between 1901 and 1905 with a glass-casting technique that uses the lost-wax, or cire perdue process, was purchased by Nicholas Dawes, a New York dealer, who was representing an unidentified collector.