Title: Aquamanile in the Form of a Knight on
Horseback
Object type: Aquamanile
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
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Horses, term: Knights