GERMAN, 12TH CENTURY STYLE

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A brass aquamanile
GERMAN, 12TH CENTURY STYLE
Modelled standing with its head held upwards and spout protruding from its mouth, stylised manes and tail swept upwards towards its back
20 cm. high

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Sale room notice

Please note that this brass aquamanile is only illustrated on page 78 of the printed catalogue.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
O. Falke and E. Meyer, Romanische Leuchter und Gefässe Giessgefässe der Gotik, Berlin, 1935, reprint. 1983, pp. 109-110, 144, no. 353, fig. 328.
This aquamanile is virtually identical to an example in the Nationalmuseum, Munich (see Falke and Meyer, loc. cit.). Another virtually identical aquamanile was sold Christie's London, 12 december 2000, lot 6.

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