Aguamanil; Mexico, 20th century.

Aguamanil; Mexico, 20th century.
Silver.
It presents punches in the base.
Measurements: 29,5 x 13,5 x 21 cm.
Weight: 1020 g.
Silver ewer of simple and elegant forms, with round base and rounded body. The cultural connections of the Byzantine Empire with Sassanid Persia and the Abbasid Caliphate brought the ewer to the Mediterranean Christian world. The first European portable ewers date from the 11th century. In the Christian liturgy, jugs and basins were needed for the ritual of the lavabo, in which the officiating priest washes his hands before dressing, again before the consecration of the Eucharist and after mass.