CASTAGNA DOG FIGURINES - SHAR PEIS, SITTING, ITEM 015

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CASTAGNA ANIMAL FIGURINES FROM ITALY
SHAR PEIS, SITTING, ITEM 015
SKU 20932 62918
ALL CASTAGNA FIGURINES ARE CAST FROM ALABASTER AND RESIN.  THE ALABASTER IS RECONSTITUTED WITH A RESINOUS BINDER AND POURED INTO MOLDS.  ONCE MIXED, THE RAW MATERIALS UNDERGO A CHEMICAL, THERMAL REACTION A REACTION VOID OF AN EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE.  HENCE, THE TECHNOLOGY OF "COLD CAST" MOLDING.  ONCE DRIED, THE CASTINGS ARE REMOVED FROM THE MOLDS AND DEDICATED ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN HAND-FINISH EACH SCULPTURE. EACH SCULPTURE IS EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHED FOR AUTHENTICITY WITH BODY SHAPES, COLORATIONS, AND EXPRESSIONS DEPICTED AS LIFE-LIKE AS POSSIBLE.  CASTAGNA SCULPTURES ARE NOT MASS PRODUCED.
THIS AUCTION IS FOR A SHAR PEIS DOG FIGURINE, SITTING.  IT MEASURES 3 INCHES BY 2 1/2 INCHES BY 4 INCHES TALL.  ALL MY CASTAGNA FIGURINES WERE CREATED IN ITALY IN THE 1980S AND 1990S AND MOST ARE STAMPED SOMEWHERE ON THE BODY WITH THE NAME "CASTAGNA" WITH THE YEAR DESIGNED. THE OLDER ONES WERE MADE IN ITALY AND THE NEWER ONES HAVE A "CHINA" STAMP.
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