New light on the Rhodian lamp market

Abstract

between wax slabs may be seen on the interior of a bronze, as well as the marks of blades, gouges made by fingernails, and drips and puddled wax. Tools such as DSC and 3D scans can help, not only in the case of Rosso but also in the study of ancient bronzes. The market demand in antiquity for both public and private statuary confirms without a doubt the status of bronze statuary as a major industry, surpassing the thriving 19th-c. markets described here (Chapters 2–8) for bronzes and for plaster copies of ancient bronzes.