Detail of head illustrating where a V-shaped graver defined the lion’s mane, a flat chisel refined the ear, and punch marks made whisker holes in the cheek. Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, Germany (Lower Saxony), late 13th–early 14th century, H. 26.1 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Friedsam Collection, bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931, inv. 32.100.198). See Barnet, Peter, and Pete Dandridge, eds. 2006. Lions, Dragons, and Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press..