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

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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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