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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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Title: Bronze strainer with loop handle
Period: Classical
Date: 5th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
diameter 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Object Number: 14.105.3
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