Bronze funnel-strainer, Archaic, ca. 550–500 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); length 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Bronzes, The Etruscans used metal and sometimes ceramic sieves to strain wine when ladling it from large mixing vessels into pitchers from which it could then be served. Thus, such utensils are part of the Etruscan ritual banquet and often appear in the hands of servants depicted in tomb frescoes
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Bronze funnel-strainer, Archaic, ca, 550–500 B.C, Etruscan, Bronze, H, 6 9/16, 16.7 cm, length 13 1/2, 34.3, Bronzes, Etruscans, metal, sometimes ceramic, sieves, strain wine, ladling, large mixing, vessels, pitchers, served, Thus, utensils, part, Etruscan ritual, banquet, hands, servants depicted, tomb frescoes
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