Water vessel (Càntir)

Spanish, Catalonia

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 535

This distinctively Catalan form of communal drinking vessel evolved during the seventeenth century. One spout is for filling, the other for drinking without having the liquid touch the mouth.

Water vessel (Càntir), Glass, Spanish, Catalonia

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