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Lion Aquamanile
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About this work
An aquamanile is a water vessel used for washing hands both at church altars and at the dinner tables of upper-class patrons. They often took the form of fantastic beasts such as dragons and unicorns or animals such as horses, birds, dogs, and lions, like this one.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLion Aquamanile, 1200–1250. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Gothic period, first half 13th century. Bronze: cast, chased, and punched; overall: 26.4 x 29 x 15 cm (10 3/8 x 11 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp in honor of Chester D. Tripp, 1972.167
