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A COPPER ALLOY AQUAMANILE
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A COPPER ALLOY AQUAMANILE

GERMAN, PROBABLY EARLY 13TH CENTURY

Details
A COPPER ALLOY AQUAMANILE
GERMAN, PROBABLY EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Minor scratches and losses.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
O. Falke and E. Meyer, Romanische Leuchter und Gefässe Giessgefässe der Gotik, Berlin, 1935, reprint. 1983, no. 352, fig. 328, pp. 109-110, 144.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This aquamanile is virtually identical to an example in the Nationalmuseum, Munich (see Falke and Meyer, loc. cit.). The positioning of the spout, the inclusion of glass eyes (in the Munich example), the length, and details of the facture are the only evident differences.

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