It is thought that the original example was a lost Greek bronze of ca. 200 BCE.
He could wax rhapsodic about Min porcelain, but Greek bronzes threw him into utter fits.
Greek bronzes were one; friends were another.
The statue is one of the few Greek bronzes to preserve the inlaid glass eyes.
Greek bronzes were cast in sections and then assembled.
All Greek bronzes were probably cast by some form of the lost wax process.
The show includes more than 125 works spanning 7,500 years, from Greek bronzes to Munch's "Scream."
Robert Li was engaged in an ongoing, passionate love affair with any and all Greek bronzes.
But Robert Li would sooner have sold his own teeth than part with an original Greek bronze, even one acquired through perfectly legitimate means.
Visit local vineyards and see the Greek bronze statue at the museum.