Roma No. 21 / Vaticano

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Results: 10 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion - head
B02: animal - mammal - lion - head
B03: design element - motifs - ring handle - 2
B04: design element - motifs - leaf or heart?
B05: head - grotesque or fantastic
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of basin - interior
view of font - front side
view of font - side 1
INFORMATION
FontID: 13052ROM
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Vaticano
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: Italy
Location: Roma, Lazio
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Bath-tub shaped baptismal font (?) raised on a modern base; pronounced rib at upper end; the two long sides are decorated: on one is a pair of ring-handle like motifs with a heart-shaped leaf inside; on the opposite side are a pair of lion heads on the upper side, and a devil-like head in the centre-bottom, which appears to include the drain [cf. Index entry for Rome No. 21 for a similar object in the same museum]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (oval)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]