On display are wax sculptures of over twenty Buddhist monks highly revered by the public.
In the following year, a wax sculpture of a head dissection made for Hilton won the first prize.
There he completed wax sculptures: a Nativity and a Deposition.
The cost of making a wax sculpture can be between USD150,000 to 300,000.
The original wax sculpture was acquired by Paul Mellon in 1956.
The work was undertaken between 1781 and 1786, and consisted of about 1000 wax sculptures.
Here at the Met, he's eager to see Degas's wax sculptures of dancers, which he admires.
The Oddity was pacing before one of the wax sculptures.
There's also a whole lot of wax sculpture.
The final version of the wax sculpture weighed 50 pounds.