zhang huan was also working on several buddha sculptures. the large hand is mad of copper and/or bronze. the figures are made of compressed incense ash collected from the buddhist temples. clearly, this is a very tricky material to utilize. one might assume that he would use some sort of binder, like resin, to hold the ash together. however, the surface seems to be much too delicate and soft for that to be the case. the end result is quite impressive.
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