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    "localId": "150503",
    "label": "Patera with Fluted Handle and Ram Head Finial",
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}

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    "id": "150503",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Patera with Fluted Handle and Ram Head Finial",
    "description": "This patera is made from a shallow bronze dish attached to a fluted handle, terminating in a ram’s head. The ram’s head is realistically rendered through careful modeling and a high level of detail. Though the patera<em> </em>looks much like a modern frying pan, in antiquity it would have been used for pouring wine during important rituals.",
    "date": "500–400 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.6",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60758716"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metalwork"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.6/1981.6_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.6/1981.6_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.6/1981.6_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Greece"
    ],
    "accession": "1981.6"
}

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    "tec": "bronze",
    "tombstone": "Patera with Fluted Handle and Ram Head Finial, 500–400 BCE. Greece. Bronze; diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1981.6",
    "collection": "GR - Greek",
    "didYouKnow": "Ivy leaves, like the tiny example found under the patera's handle, were associated with wine and revelry.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 42; Mentioned: p. 78, no. 3",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.6",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:45:57.844000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.6/1981.6_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 150503,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Greek",
    "med": "bronze",
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    "image_url": null
}

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