Aquamanile in the Form of a Knight onHorseback

ca. 1350
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 953

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Object Information
  • Title: Aquamanile in the Form of a Knight onHorseback
  • Date: ca. 1350
  • Culture: German, Lower Saxony (?)
  • Medium: Bronze; Quaternary copper alloy with a high content of zinc (approx. 73% copper, approx. 15% zinc, approx. 7% lead, approx. 3% tin) with natural patina, hollow cast; remnants of the clay core
    and iron armature in the legs
  • Dimensions: H. 45.2 cm, w. 12.7 cm, l. 38 cm, wt. 5016 g.
  • Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1409
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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