Fully sprued wax model for an experimental casting. Solid wax sprues and pouring cup that feed the metal through the mold are in red. Vents that allow gases to escape from the mold are in blue. Ubaldo Vitali (American, b. 1944), Reproduction of a Lion Aquamanile, Maplewood, New Jersey, 2006, H. 19 cm, after Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, probably northern Germany, 12th century, H. 19.5 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964, inv. 64.101.1491).