Indian Marble Fluted Bowl

Flower-shaped tray in icy gray, with its petals neatly frilled.

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 flower-shaped dish with a scalloped rim and a smooth, slightly sunken center. Misty gray color, with soft veining and tiny pale scratches. The lobes are rounded and evenly spaced. It is 9.5 inches wide, 9.5 deep and 1 high.

All petals and no pretense, quite literally.