Jay Hulme: It's been MONTHS since I went to the museum and I'm still thinking about this ancient lil bowl with feet. (Egypt, c.3700-3450 B.C)

It's been MONTHS since I went to the museum and I'm still thinking about this ancient lil bowl with feet. (Egypt, c.3700-3450 B.C)

My favorite part is how it leans forward a little, sweetly, like "here, have some."

helpful li'l guy

Mesoamerica really took the idea and ran with it

Oops all foot

I made one in ceramics class and I love him so much

You captured the little tilt perfectly!

Great minds!

Thinking of her [the bowl with human feet, 3700-3450 BC, Predynastic Period, on display in The Met’s Egyptian wing]

its good to know even 4000 years ago people liked little guys

The coolest thing about the Egyptian footed bowl is that it’s also a three-dimensional hieroglyph: for the verb “to bring” - so it’s an offering bowl bringing itself ❤️

I love this!

I have a copy of that, it makes me smile every time.

Quentin Tarantino’s now off to make a movie set in Ancient Egypt.

My replica of her is one of my favorite things, right up there with William the blue hippo.

I made a bowl like that in my junior college ceramics class. The instructor didn't want to accept it as a footed vessel. lmao!

🎵And did those feet in ancient times…🎵

Sculpted and directed by Quentin Terracottino

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Enjoyed learning about Medjed, a weird guy who appears as a minor god in certain versions of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

ghost

Egyptian design, man. So much good stuff.

I love it when artifacts of the past remind me that people have always been funny, always been kind, have always loved making things for their children - ancient toys are my favorite but this footed bowl is definitely on my list!

Now more will be as well ~ TY

That's the cup of a carpenter...

28 bucks for a replica in the shop

You could (maybe still can) by a replica of this from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My mother loved this bowl. I saved and saved and saved as a kid to buy it for her. One of the proudest days as a teenager when I was finally able to give it to her for Christmas. I love this little bowl.

Sweet story

Thank you for sharing this delight!

Loogit the little guy

Do you by any chance remember which museum it was?

Here you go! They even sell a replica of it in the store & online gift shop www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Bowl with Human Feet | Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II | The Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org

Perhaps vessels like this were placed above a tomb to present offerings. On the other hand, maybe Dave was messing about at the pottery one day, and made a bowl for snacks.

In the related objects list below the human feet bowl is this one that they’re insisting is a turtle. Okay, sure, if you say so

One in the, two in the...

Thank you! It's adorable.

What's the provenance of it?

There's a provenance section at that link. All it says is the name of the person they bought it from at Luxor in 1910, though.

Thanks didn't see it

Unfortunately, couldn't find a copy in the shop

It's out of stock but here's the link: store.metmuseum.org/footed-bowl-...

I love the detail from here that says the bowl also resembles the glyph for “to bring”, so it’s also a visual pun

🙏🙏🙏

I've never been much of a footbowl fan.

I was the same after first seeing Man Riding Fish in person.

Missing the top half

Humptyhotep

Excellent!

I have a replica of one of these that I got from the Met something like 30+ years ago! It’s the best!

It's such a friendly little bowl! I've had a copy from the Met for 20 years or so. I love it very much.

@rhi.bsky.social - an ancient one...!

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