Product Overview
Model XLA1-16 is built around a single image: a golden horse crossing a folded teal landscape of ridges and vales. The piece is hollow-cast by the traditional lost-wax method, then patinated and sealed by hand, so a dark teal patina sits over crisp, hand-chased detail. At 850 × 220 × 360 mm, it is sized for sideboards, consoles and reception counters.
Each landscape is one continuous ribbon of dark patinated bronze — ridges, folds and valleys modeled in broad planes — ending in a slim black base. The animal is cast separately in polished gold and set where the composition crests, so it appears to move along the ridge line.
The patina is built up in layers and sealed, which means tone varies slightly from piece to piece — the mark of genuine hand finishing rather than a sprayed imitation. On a sideboard, console or reception counter, it holds its own without competing with the furniture around it, and it needs no more care than an occasional soft-cloth dusting.
Design Inspiration: A Journey Across the Mountains
Western painting loved the tiny figure in a huge landscape — a rider on a ridge in a Romantic canvas, scale against the infinite. This series inverts the materials but keeps the drama: the landscape becomes a sweeping band of deep teal or blue bronze, and the traveler becomes a small polished-gold animal — a horse mid-stride, an elephant on a slow crossing. The gold is the only bright note in the composition, and the eye goes straight to it.
Craftsmanship: Lost-Wax Casting and Hand Patina
Every sculpture is hollow-cast in bronze by the traditional lost-wax method: a wax model is taken from the original master, encased in a ceramic shell, burnt out and replaced with molten bronze. The raw casting is cleaned, welded and refined entirely by hand before the patina is applied layer by layer and sealed. Because the patina is finished by hand, each piece varies slightly in tone and depth — a mark of genuine cast bronze rather than a sprayed imitation.
Gold animals are polished after patination and mounted with a hidden core fix — no visible joints where the rider meets the mountain.
Specifications
| Model No. | XLA1-16 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 850 × 220 × 360 mm (W × D × H) |
| Weight | 11.3 kg |
| Material | Bronze |
| Technique | Lost-wax casting |
| Finish | Hand-applied dark teal patina, sealed |
| Placement | Indoor |
| Customization | Size, patina color, logo engraving on request |
Applications
The sculpture is sized for furniture-top display. Typical placements include:
- Living room sideboards and display cabinets
- Hotel lounge consoles
- Corporate reception areas
- Restaurant sideboards
- Show-home styling
Customization Options
Customization is handled in our own workshop. Common requests include rescaling the model up or down, changing the patina tone (for example from green to antique gold), adding a different base finish, and engraving a logo for hotel or gift orders. Lead time depends on size; we confirm it together with the quotation.
Packaging & Delivery
Each sculpture is wrapped in protective foam, boxed and packed in a reinforced export carton. Small orders ship by express courier, while bulk project orders ship by sea freight. Packaging photos, shipping options and lead times are provided together with the quotation.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why is the animal gold while the landscape is dark?
Deliberate contrast: the traveler is the story, so it carries the only bright note. The dark landscape gives it scale and drama — the same logic Romantic painters used with light in dark valleys.
2. Is the horse available without the landscape?
We make freestanding horse models too. If you want the animal alone, tell us the pose you prefer and we will suggest models from our animal collection.
3. Can I order this piece in a different color?
Yes. The finish shown is the standard patina of this model, but the same sculpture can be produced in other tones — warm brown, antique gold, verdigris green or a custom two-tone patina. Hand patina is our standard process, so an alternative finish does not significantly affect lead time.
4. What is the MOQ?
We work with both single-piece orders and bulk project orders. Contact us with your quantity and destination port for an accurate quotation and lead time.
5. How is the sculpture packed for shipping?
Each piece is wrapped in protective foam and packed in a reinforced export carton; larger pieces travel in a foam-lined wooden crate. Wooden crates are standard for project shipments.
Request a Quote
Request a quote for XLA1-16 — tell us your quantity, destination and customization requirements, and our team will reply with pricing and lead time within 24 hours. Contact TYART Bronze or browse more works in our bronze nature sculpture collection.
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