These are Monochrome Bowls from Syria dating back to the first century AD. THey are actually made from glass. They have a great look to them, like if I was living in a shack by the cliffs of the Mojave these would be sitting askew on my wall in a cabinet with no door. The red speckled one reminds me of a composition notebook and the green one reminds me of something you'd put powder in in high school science.
This is: Childbirth bowl (scodella) with confinement-chamber scene (interior) and Diana and Actaeon (exterior), ca. 1530sCircle of Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, ca. 1486–ca. 1582)
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
If for any reason I was replicated by technological means and their was a freak accident that divided me into two, one half good and one half evil, I would not want to be my evil side and in a museum with this bowl because I would undoubtedly pick it up and smash it on the floor and giggle maniacally.
This is contemporary work by Meaden Lorna. The bowls look like they have rivets in the side for accent. If I was an anthropomorphic black cat who lived in a Cubist, black and white and sepia, alternate reality of the 1920's- I would sip my meager watery-cabbage soup from this bowl.
These bowls are quite comfy. The texture reminds me of the "basse-taille" technique in metalwork/enameling where "the entire pattern is created in such a way that its highest point is lower than the surrounding metal. A translucent enamel is then applied to the metal, allowing light to reflect from the relief and creating an artistic effect."The pattern is very delicate. I wonder how I could apply a pattern with such uniformity?
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