Bronze funnel-strainer
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. These two bronze examples are beautifully crafted with ornamental handles terminating in ram's and duck's heads. The better preserved strainer has two rampant lions sitting on its rim.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze funnel-strainer
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550–500 BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); length 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1934
- Object Number: 34.11.8
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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