Busacca Gallery

Chinese green cloisonne antique grape leaf bronze vase, Handcrafted to perfection out of bronze and brilliant enamel. This is a finely-detailed process, this urn is in its old polished green dark finish. This piece would look great on a shelf in both a residential home or in a business work place. Chinese bronze grape leaf vase A real conversation piece! beautiful deep reddish brown patina. Antique Chinese bronze vase decorated in a beautiful patina inlayed green enamel color. It is in very good condition in its original red and brown colorer, it has a very old finish. It is another fine and rare piece of artwork from the Chinese art world. Bronze was significant to any culture that encountered it. It was one of the most innovative alloys of mankind. Tools, weapons, armor, and various building materials like decorative tiles made of bronze were harder and more durable than stone and copper.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze

Bronze is widely used for cast metal sculpture . Common bronze alloys often have the unusual and very desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling in the finest details of a mould. Bronze has resistance to corrosion by sea water along with several bronze alloys. Bronze also has very little metal-on-metal friction, which made it invaluable.