Indian Marble Fluted Bowl

Slightly lopsided lobed dish, soft gray with feathery streaks.

This fluted marble bowl is from Rajasthan, India, and is contemporary. Fluting is a series of parallel grooves, a decorative device used for centuries in architecture and objects of many cultures. Shallow dish with eight irregular lobes and a smooth, shallow well. Faint feather-like streaks and light cloudy patches cross the gray surface. The rim is thin, the finish glossy at the edge. It is 12 inches wide, 12 deep and 2 high.

Charmingly imperfect, like a hand-shaped cookie.