Aquamanile: Saddled Horse
c. 1250–1300
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Aquamanile: Saddled Horse, c. 1250–1300. North Germany, Lower Saxony (?), 14th century. Copper alloy; overall: 23.1 x 22.4 cm (9 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.26 The pattern of crosshatched circles on the surface suggests that the horse is a dappled gray warhorse, a prized possession in the period.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.1 x 22.4 cm (9 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.26
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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