Perdue Sentence Examples
By the time of the XIIth Dynasty, and perhaps earlier, cire perdue casting over an ash core became usual.
Their exact method is not certainly known, but it appears probable that they were acquainted with the process now called a cire perdue - the same as that employed by the great Italian artists in bronze.
They are frequently stated to be of beaten bronze, but they are really castings, apparently by the cire perdue process.
Besides a tragedy, Sylla, the chief piece thus assigned is L'Occasion perdue recouverte, a rather loose tale in verse.
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