Minneapolis Institute of Art
Foliate Sieve
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- Date
- late 4th or early 3rd century BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Ancient Greek
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 1893
This elegant ladle and sieve in the form of a grape leaf were used to strain particulates (skins, seeds, and stems) from and to serve wine. They were found together in Arcarnania, in southwestern Greece. The Greeks mixed their wine with water, and regarded the consumption of undiluted wine as uncivilized. Ancient Greek, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth Washburn and Julia Crosby Markham in memory of Margaret Crosby
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