Indian Apple-Form Vessel

Round, red-brown, and wider at the shoulder than any apple has a right to be.

This apple-form vessel is copper, from India, its age indeterminate. Large hammered copper containers have been used in India for storage, generally of water or grain. From a narrow foot the body swells upward to a heavy rolled collar surrounding a deep recessed mouth. The surface is a deep mahogany color, lit by two soft reflections at the shoulder. Hammer marks cover the whole body, and a seam circles low near the base. Thirty-four inches high and 39 wide.

One bite and you would regret it.