Title: Antique 19th Century Japanese hand crafted Design Bronze Ashtray
Shipping: $29.00
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Condition: Excellent
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Item ID: 688
Beautifully accented 19th Century Japanese Bronze Ashtray with a signed inscription located on the bottom. It can be used as an ashtray, paperweight, or art piece. This ashtray exhibits all the hand-hewn style and quality of a Japanese art piece. The tiny details and heavy patina give the design wonderful depth and character. There is also some light verdigris covering various areas of the ashtray that adds to the time-enhanced appeal.
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 for the building of cannons where iron cannonballs would otherwise stick in the barrel. <br />
