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Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon

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Copper alloy, North German
Rights: Public Domain
The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Cloisters Collection 1947
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Title: Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon
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Copper alloy, North German.

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