Detail. Aquamanile in the Form of a Falconer on Horseback, northern Germany, 13th century, H. 34.7 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1947, inv. 47.101.55). 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..