Ca. 100-300 AD. A finely modelled, hollow cast bronze example of a patera handle terminating in the head of a ram. The patera was used for serving drinks and food at banquets, or for carrying libations used in religious ceremonies and funerals. For a similar example of a complete patera with a ram handle see Bonhams July 3, 2019, lot 313. See The British Museum, accession number: 102478. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1989.281.87.Size: L:180mm / W:69mm ; 270gProvenance: Private UK collection; from an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.