Indonesian Large Bowl Sculpture

A bowl with no interest in holding your keys.

This large bowl sculpture of tamarind wood comes from Bali, Indonesia, and is contemporary work. Oversized wood bowls like this from Bali are made for collectors and interiors, as sculpture rather than tableware, and tamarind is chosen for the contrast between its pale outer wood and darker heart. Here the wide, flat-edged rim runs cream and honey, threaded with dark veins, small voids and lightning-crack lines. The sides taper sharply to a narrow foot, set on a round black base. Most of its mass seems to sit in the air. Just over 37 inches across.

Fruit would look nervous in it.