Detail from radiograph of an aquamanile showing that the form of Samson’s core extends into his legs, arms, and head, and that the lion’s mane was fully modeled in the core. Aquamanile in the Form of Samson and the Lion, northern Europe (?), possibly Germany, ca. 1380–1400, H. 34.1 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975, inv. 1975.1.1412). 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..