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Magnificent Bronze Sculpture Bacchus

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:525.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Magnificent Bronze Sculpture Bacchus
Bacchus Bronze Sculpture, After Tossin, 22"H x 7 1/2"W x 6 1/4"D 25 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!Dionysus or Dionysos was the god of wine, inspired madness, and a major figure of Greek mythology. He represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficial influences. He is the patron deity of agriculture and the theatre. He was also known as the Liberator (Eleutherios), freeing one from one's normal self, by madness, ecstasy, or wine.