met-ancient-art:Double vessel with pierced bases, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern A
met-ancient-art:Double vessel with pierced bases, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern ArtRogers Fund, 1965Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYMedium: Ceramichttp://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325705I love things like this. It clearly was designed for a very particular use, but that has been lost to us. It seems like it might have set inside of a larger vessel, perhaps a bowl, with those hook things resting on the edges. They very definitely look made to rest on something. Nevermind I can’t think of a good reason for doing that (some kind of dye process?). If I had access to it, I’d like to check for signs of wear on the sides of the undercones beneath the hooks. -- source link
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