ID: 700000191 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000191	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion (aquamanile; unknown North German; ca. 1400; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1994.244)

Note: This proud and alert lion was created using the lostwax (cire perdue) method. Wax is molded around a rough clay model into the desired form of the sculpture, coated in turn with a mixture of brick, clay, and ashes, then melted out to create space for the molten metal. The rear edges of all four legs have been notched and engraved to suggest fur, while the long mane covering the entire chest has been rendered in low relief and incised to achieve surface detail. Small dragons form the spigot and handle.

Titles:

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

aquamanile [300045667] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), ewers (vessels))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1400

Creator Display:

unknown North German [preferred,VP]

unknown German (German cultural designation) [500125236]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1994.244

Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1994

Address Note: On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 10

Other: Creation: Nürnberg [7004334] Bavaria (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Copper alloy; cire perdue

	copper alloy [300010942]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>)

	lost-wax process [300053113]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity), casting (process))

Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/8 x 13 3/8 x 4 3/4 in., 11.764lb. (33.3 x 34 x 12.1 cm, 5336g) Overall PD: 12 9/16 x 4 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (31.9 x 11.8 x 31.8 cm); Thickness PD: 3/50-7/50 in. (0.16-0.35 cm)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

utilitarian objects (isness)

Specific Subjects:

	lion (species) [300310388]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family), Panthera (genus)) (AAT)

Provenance: Gross, London ; Sotheby's, London(July 7, 1994, lot 16)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)