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Lavabo in the Cloisters, October 2010

Lavabo in the Cloisters, October 2010
Lavabo

Date: 13th century

Geography: Made in Burgundy, France

Culture: French

Medium: Limestone

Dimensions: Overall: 76 x 65 in. (193 x 165.1 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Architectural

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Brummer and Ernest Brummer, in memory of Joseph Brummer, 1948

Accession Number: 48.76.3

Description: This lavabo (from the Latin for "I will wash") has two basins; presumably, one was intended for washing hands and the other for washing Eucharistic vessels, which could then be placed on the shelf above. Two small heads look down from the cusps above.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/471317

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