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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4327633, member: 2844&quot;]My parents bought this ceramic item from a Persian carpet shop in the 1960s, when it was already old. No idea how old though. The shop was known for having a sideline of antique and vintage items.</p><p>I was there when they bought it, so I know for sure that it was the 1960s, probably 1966. It was already in the state it is in now, with cracks in the glaze and some discolouration.</p><p>I always liked it, and it is one of the things my parents let me have when I moved to a student flat, way back when.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main question is, what is it? It looks like a footed bowl, but there are some discrepancies.</p><p>The bottom is unglazed, the rest is glazed, but there are stilt marks on what looks like the inside of a bowl, presumably the top.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Why is the decorated part on what looks to me like the bottom of the bowl? Was it meant to be on top of something?</p><p>And what is the hole for? Drainage? Of what?</p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for the blurriness here and there.</p><p>Thank you for looking, any help is appreciated.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]355040[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pen for size, and another mystery: two small holes in the side of the base, they don&#039;t go all the way through:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]355043[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Unglazed bottom, floral decoration on the &#039;bowl&#039;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]355046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Upside down. Drainage(?) hole on the side of the base, it goes all the way through:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]355048[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Drainage hole seen from the inside of the base, and three stilt marks on the inside of the bowl. Pinkish rim, glazed:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]355049[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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