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Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

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  • Title: Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head
  • Date Created: last quarter 19th century
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 22.1 cm, w. 18.6 cm, l. 18.5 cm, wt. 2514 g.
  • Type: Aquamanile
  • External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/461465
  • 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.
  • Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • Culture: German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
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