Human shaped bronze pitcher with gilt residue.... Lot 17

Human shaped bronze pitcher with gilt residue. Possibly German. Gothic. 15th century. Human shaped bronze pitcher with gilt residue. German. Possibly 19th century.  In "Romanische Leuchter und Gefässe Giessgefässe del Gotik" (Romanesque candlesticks and Gothic cast vessels) by Otto v. Valke and Erich Meyer, 1935, with reference number 311, there is a reproduction of a water ewer from the 13th – 14th century, which is kept in the parish church of Oberwesel-am-Rhein, Lower Saxony. A stucco mould of it was made in the 19th century and many copies were made in patinated bronze. The British Museum in London, among others, keeps one of the 19th century copies in its collections.   This example might possibly be one of these ewers.   22 x 12 x 14 cm.