Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head
Artwork Details
- Title: Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head
- Date: last quarter 19th century
- Culture: German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
- Medium: Bronze; Ternary copper alloy with a very high percentage of zinc (approx. 68% copper,
approx. 26% zinc, approx. 4% tin), covered with a thin black lacquer patina; traces of cinnabar have been detected on the interior and exterior of the vessel. - Dimensions: H. 22.1 cm, w. 18.6 cm, l. 18.5 cm, wt. 2514 g.
- Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1415
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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