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Aquamanile (water vessel) in the Form of a Lion
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz
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Character: description on folk. 3b - 4b, miniature on folk. 4a, 147 x 164 mm.
In the red gable there is a green lawn, on it stands on the right two shirts and on the left there is ...