Bronze strainer with loop handle, Classical, 5th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm), Bronzes, Strainers were part of the equipment for a symposium (drinking party), serving to strain the wine or additives mixed into it. This fine example has a delicately punched pinwheel pattern at the bottom of the bowl, vine leaves around the circumference of the lip on the exterior, and ducks' heads as finials for the handles
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