Definition of "gilt-bronze" [gilt-bronze]

• A gilded metal much used for decorative objects, either real bronze, or often brass, latten, or some similar yellow metal. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Tomilson Hill, Maggie Nimkin (photo); Getty Images (Hill); Bloomberg News (Black); Patrick McMullan (Safra; Steinhardt) Chicago hotelier Tom Pritzker is buying up 700-year-old Tibetan paintings but says he "can't compete" with Chinese buyers for gilt-bronze Buddhas."
• "Tibetan gilt-bronze Buddhist figures with ties to imperial China."
• "Buddhist Bronze This early Ming gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus was made as a devotional object for China's imperial family."