Bird-shaped Vessel

1100s Overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.458

This bird-shaped vessel may have been used as a medieval water vessel (aquamanile) for pouring water used in handwashing—an important element of secular and sacred rituals. In this piece, water could have been placed in the vessel through a hole in the bird’s chest and then po...

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