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The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve. This makes bowls especially suited for holding liquids and loose food, as the contents of the bowl are naturally concentrated in its center by the force of gravity. The exterior of a bowl is most often round, but can ...
In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera (Latin pronunciation:) or phiale (Ancient Greek: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) [2] is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation ( omphalos , "belly button") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, in which case it is sometimes called a ...
Le Nove porcelain, Bowl with cover, 1765–70, painted with ruins, soft-paste porcelain The front side of the Cross of Lothair (c. 1000), a classic example of "Ars Sacra" Wine Pot, c. 18th century, China, Walters Art Museum. The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and ...
This style comes in two major shapes, a bottle with a spherical body and a narrow curving neck and a terraced rectangular bowl that is a Moundville specialty. The rectangular bowl is a vertical-sided, flat-bottomed, rectangular vessel with an eccentric rim, specifically with one side lower than the other three so as to display the containers ...
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A variety of simple shapes are made, the range mostly similar to that of the very differently decorated Cizhou ware. Like Cizhou wares, the walls are thick and sturdy. Most are natural wheel-formed bowls and dishes, and small vases or wine-carafes, mostly with a narrow neck, but some meipings. There are also boxes, jars, ewers and other shapes ...
Normally the bowl would be wrapped in an orange turmeric-coloured cloth called ukon-nuno (ウコン布) for storage in the box, which apparently helps ward insects away. A cloth bag shifuku (仕服) made out of silk or brocade can be used for storage of special tea bowls, especially for tenmoku chawan types.
Pueblo III polychrome Hopi dragonfly bowl from Sikyatki. Pueblo III Era (AD 1150–1350) pottery was primarily of the corrugated plain greyware and black-on-white ware with geometric design elements. Key to this era is the emergence of polychrome ornamented vessels in latter part of the era, with black, red and orange designs on white.