Here used to describe the precise reproduction of a bronze made by the same artist or foundry as the original bronze. Also refers to the same scale reproductions of a model made at different stages in the casting process (e.g. a wax replica, and a refractory replica used to make the core in sand casting or piece-mold casting). In lost wax casting, bronzes fashioned from inter-models made from the same piece molds taken from the master model are considered replicas of the original. In sand casting, it refers to bronzes made using the same chef-modèle. Numerous replicas of the same bronze are called ‘multiples’.
