Description
Aquamanile in the shape of a lion in brass. Our model is pure and stylish. The water outlet is nestled in the lion's mouth. A valve (missing) on the head allows the container to be filled. A handle representing an animal is fixed on its back. The aquamanile, of oriental origin, was assimilated in Europe at the beginning of the Middle Ages and reached its apogee at the end of the Middle Ages. It was used by the religious for the washing of hands during the services. Artists have often given this liturgical object chimerical forms. The leonine model knew a certain success in the Germanic countries because of the lion of Braunschweig erected in front of the castle of Dankwaderode by Henry the Lion (1130-1195), Duke of Sax and Bavaria around 1166. North Germany or Denmark 12th century. Dimensions Height : 20,4 cm. - Length : 24 cm - Width : 12 cm. Trace of metal sampling for analysis, on the right rear leg, and small drilling on the left front leg Documents given to the purchaser: Certificate of analysis by the CIRAM Institute in 2012: - Thermoluminescence on sample taken inside the body - Composition of the metal, Certificate of analysis by the RES ARTES Institute in 2020: Lead 210 References : National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/manile-aquamanile/367479. -Lions, Dragons and Other Beasts - Aquamanillia of the Middle Ages by Peter Barnet and Pete Dandridge,- Metropolitan Museum New York, - O. Falke and E. Meyer, Romanische Leuchter und Gefässe Giessgefässe der Gotik, Berlin, 1935, reprint. 1983, pp. 109-110, 144, no. 353, fig. 328, Nationalmuseum, Munich (Falke and Meyer, loc. cit.). ARTCURIAL sale 1 December 2014, lot n.96
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Aquamanile in the shape of a lion in brass. Our model is pure and stylish. The water outlet is nestled in the lion's mouth. A valve (missing) on the head allows the container to be filled. A handle representing an animal is fixed on its back. The aquamanile, of oriental origin, was assimilated in Europe at the beginning of the Middle Ages and reached its apogee at the end of the Middle Ages. It was used by the religious for the washing of hands during the services. Artists have often given this liturgical object chimerical forms. The leonine model knew a certain success in the Germanic countries because of the lion of Braunschweig erected in front of the castle of Dankwaderode by Henry the Lion (1130-1195), Duke of Sax and Bavaria around 1166. North Germany or Denmark 12th century. Dimensions Height : 20,4 cm. - Length : 24 cm - Width : 12 cm. Trace of metal sampling for analysis, on the right rear leg, and small drilling on the left front leg Documents given to the purchaser: Certificate of analysis by the CIRAM Institute in 2012: - Thermoluminescence on sample taken inside the body - Composition of the metal, Certificate of analysis by the RES ARTES Institute in 2020: Lead 210 References : National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/manile-aquamanile/367479. -Lions, Dragons and Other Beasts - Aquamanillia of the Middle Ages by Peter Barnet and Pete Dandridge,- Metropolitan Museum New York, - O. Falke and E. Meyer, Romanische Leuchter und Gefässe Giessgefässe der Gotik, Berlin, 1935, reprint. 1983, pp. 109-110, 144, no. 353, fig. 328, Nationalmuseum, Munich (Falke and Meyer, loc. cit.). ARTCURIAL sale 1 December 2014, lot n.96
