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Huge Bronze Saint Michael Dragon Slayer

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:575.00 USD Estimated At:1,150.00 - 1,750.00 USD
Huge Bronze Saint Michael Dragon Slayer
Saint Michael Dragon Slayer, Bronze Sculpture, After Debvt, 19"H x 14"W x 7" D 28 lbs This bronze sculpture was produced using the "Lost Wax" casting method. The"Lost Wax" Cast method is the most precise metal casting technique in existence, ensuring exquisite detail of the original host model which is usually sculpted in clay or wax. This "Lost Wax" casting method is an extremely labor intensive and expensive process, but the end results produce a Heirloom Quality Masterpiece!Nearly everyone knows about the historical motif of the Dragonslayer. Most have seen the many varieties of image depicting some Christian figure, such as the Archangel Michael slaying a dragon, or (more popularly) St. George. In the Christian world, and like all symbolic images, they represent many things to many people. To Christians, and most exoterically, they represent the triumph of light over darkness, of God's servants over the Devil, represented by the Dragon. The Devil is often associated with serpents and dragons in Christian iconography- in the Book of Revelation, he is called "That old serpent" and he appears as the apocalyptic "seven headed dragon", and furthermore, he is called "Father of Lies", "who forever deceiveth the world".