Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head

German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)

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Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)

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Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)
Aquamanile in the Form of a Human Head, 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., German or French, Paris (in fourteenth-century Hildesheim style)

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