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aquamanile (A006/2015-2194/1)

Identification
Artefact ID
A006/2015-2194/1
Artefact category
aquamanile
Artefact ID type
inventory number
Feature ID
n/a
Finding context (type)
household waste
Location
WGS84 Geolocation
49.1960064, 16.6056881
Site
Brno, Veselá ulice (Janáčkovo kulturní centrum)
Site type
town
City
Brno
Country
Czechia
Description
Description (CZ)
Výlevka aquamanile v podobě koně. Hlava koně velmi dobře řemeslně zpracována. Huba koně s výraznými nozdrami je pootevřena a po stranách je patrné udidlo. Kruhy udidla jsou spojeny nánosníkem a po stranách krku koně vedou otěže. Ty byly v prostoru nad kohoutkem drženy jezdcem, jak naznačují odlomená místa, ale i zbytek lidské – pětiprsté ruky. Kulaté oči jsou pravděpodobně vytvořeny vložením kuličky do vpíchnutého důlku. Nad očima jsou namodelována výrazná víčka. Uši jsou odlomeny a mezi nimi je vylévací otvor. Celé tělo, resp. hlava a krk jsou pokryty plastickým vtlačeným „vlnkovým“ dekorem naznačující hřívu. Ta není výzdobně nijak od zbytku krku odlišena, ale zdá se, že na krk koně byla původně samostatně namodelována.
Description
Horse-shaped spout of an aquamanile. The horse’s head is very skilfully mastered. The mouth of the horse with distinct nostrils is half-open, with bit on both sides. The bit rings are connected through the nose band and the reins hang on the sides of the neck. The reins were held by a horseman above the withers, as it is indicated by the places of breakage and by the remnant of a human hand with five fingers. The round eyes were probably formed by small balls inserted in the hollows. The eyes are topped by distinct eyelids. The ears are broken off and the outlet hole is placed in between. The whole body, more precisely the head and the neck, are covered with an impressed relief “wavy” pattern representing the mane. The mane does not differ in its decoration from the rest of the neck, but it seems that it was modelled separately and then additionally applied to the horse’s neck.
Aquamanile type
knight
Aquamanile subtype
harnessed horse
Raw material
ceramics
Surface finishing
Surface finishing type Colour
brown
Datation
Absolute datation range
Middle Ages
Absolute datation range (Czech)
středověk
Timespan
1000-1500
Reinecke's chronology
value unavailable, possibly unknown
Standard Chronology
value unavailable, possibly unknown
Custody
Ownership
Archaia Brno z. ú.
Access rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
References
Literature
Sedláčková, L. – Hložek,M. 2021: Aquamanile a konvice se zoomorfními výlevkami – Aquamaniles and ewers with zoomorphic spouts. In: Zdroje a šíření vybraných komodit keramické produkce vrcholného a pozdního středověku – Sources and Distribution of Selected High and Late Medieval Pottery Products (Loskotová, I. ed.), Tab. 1, ID A6. Brno. https://doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-9920-2021
Link to 3D model
https://sketchfab.com/vojtanosek/collections/aquamanile
Documentation
Author of research data
Irena Loskotová
Provenance
Migrated from DSpace (https://dspace.muni.cz/handle/ics_muni_cz/1050) in January 2025 by Illyria Brejchová. accessioned: 2021-12-04T15:52:04Z; available: 2021-12-04T15:52:04Z; Submitted by Lenka Sedláčková (53076@mail.muni.cz) on 2018-12-10T21:37:04Z, No. of bitstreams: 1, 006-122-JKC 06-15-2194-1 (3).JPG: 134872 bytes, checksum: 4ab442185fc960af234d119ce0dcbf66 (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Irena Loskotová (160571@mail.muni.cz) on 2021-12-04T15:52:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 3, 006-122-JKC 06-15-2194-1 (3).JPG: 134872 bytes, checksum: 4ab442185fc960af234d119ce0dcbf66 (MD5), 006-122-JKC 06-15-2194-1 a 1442-20 (3).jpg: 1517389 bytes, checksum: 8767aa1903bb6e065c10774610d5f4d3 (MD5), 6 b.jpg: 491897 bytes, checksum: 7d1dabe61c931a27ae41ffcf9cd35d25 (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2021-12-04T15:52:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3, 006-122-JKC 06-15-2194-1 (3).JPG: 134872 bytes, checksum: 4ab442185fc960af234d119ce0dcbf66 (MD5), 006-122-JKC 06-15-2194-1 a 1442-20 (3).jpg: 1517389 bytes, checksum: 8767aa1903bb6e065c10774610d5f4d3 (MD5), 6 b.jpg: 491897 bytes, checksum: 7d1dabe61c931a27ae41ffcf9cd35d25 (MD5);
Images:

Foto Archaia Brno

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Kresba/ drawing Š. Trávníčková

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Úlomek plagioklasu, PPL, XPL, foto M. Hložek..

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@dataset{A006/2015-2194/1,
author = { Irena Loskotová },
title = { aquamanile (A006/2015-2194/1) },
url = { https://hdl.handle.net/11222/archaeodata.2738 },
note = { Pottery Analyses, Digitalia MUNI ARTS, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University },
date = " "
urldate = "2025-07-03" }
Aquamanile (A006/2015-2194/1) [3D object], in Loskotová, I. , .  Pottery Analyses, Digitalia MUNI ARTS, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University [dataset], viewed 03 July 2025, https://hdl.handle.net/11222/archaeodata.2738