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And reached a peak of artistic excellence in Java the Hindu Javanese era. But just as in other parts of Indonesia so also in Java bronze ceded place ah-almost entirely to brass, a metal so much easier to work. An additional factor was that an alloy consisting of two paths of copper to one of zinc was cheaper, and Jim the yellow colour wm- also particularly highly esteemed. Javanese brazier were d- most highly skilled, but artistically valuable brass objects of high quality were, and still are, frequently manufactured in the Batak districts. the Padang plateau in Sumatra along the Malayan coastal districts of south-east Borneo, and in the area around Lake Matana in Celebs

For casting the very old a-cire-perdue process is still employed. The brass objects made are mostly at ticles of everyday use such as vessels, oil lamps, sirih receptacles (for the ingredients of sirih quid), kettles, etc. The shapes are frequently magnificent. The decorations, where they are in relief, are cast at the same time as the article. But further decorations are probably also made, by means of engraving chasing mid embossing, after the cast has first been polished with pumice stone.

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