ted his clay modelhe hands it almost invariably to anItalian workman who casts it in plasteror bronze, or sometimes makes a more orless mechanical reproduction of the workin marble. Only then—when it returnsto its author—does any real sculpturebegin; this generally consists in the sculptor removing… … MAGNOLIA IN WHITE JADE (CoU.ction of Mrs. GeorgeSheringham) THE FLOWER SCULPTORS OF CHINA denied the title of sculptor, which in thetrue sense of the word they are fully en-titled to ; for if any workers deserve thisdesignation it is surely those Chinese menwho worked the hardest known stones…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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