Indian Lost Wax Cast Bronze Old Dhorka Box - One of Two Haiti but it still attached) and

but it still attached) and what appears to be some breakage of the underlying ash structure at the very top of the vase on one area of one side

Moakley's work is included in museum collections including that of American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)

more than a hundred years after its making

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Indian Lost Wax Cast Bronze Old Dhorka Box - One of Two Haiti but it still attached) andThis is a beautiful and heavy! old Indian cast bronze Dhorka box, I believe dating to the 19th century, though it really feels quite ancient! Dhorka refers to the traditional method of lost wax casting native the Dhokra Damar tribes of West Bengal. This box shows wonderful details in the patterning all over as well as in the hardware, including rod hinging on the back. Over time, there has been some deterioration to the bronze: one of the hinges