Annotated detail of a cast-on repair (left). The cast-on metal is surrounded by a thin gap due to shrinkage of the repair as it cooled. The annotated X-radiograph (right) reveals the gap around the repair and the excess metal cast into the interior of the hollow bronze as well as two tapering core pins. See fig. 491 for a detail of the backside of the horse. Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, probably northern Germany, ca. 1200, H. 21.2 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1947, inv. 47.101.52). See Dandridge, Pete. 2006. “Exquisite Objects, Prodigious Technique. Aquamanilia, Vessels of the Middle Ages.” In Lions, Dragons, and Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table, edited by Peter Barnet and Pete Dandridge, 35–56. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press..