{"product_id":"19th-century-dome-shouldered-urfa-stone-vessel-small","title":"Dome-Shouldered Urfa Stone Vessel, Small","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese small vessels were cut from the soft, porous stone of the Urfa region in Turkey's southeast, where summers run long and a household needed what it kept to stay cool. Stone of this kind is full of fine cavities that hold damp and give it up slowly, so a vessel hollowed out of it sat cooler than the room around it, and it outlasted anything made of clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis one carries a smooth domed shoulder cut down to a pronounced step, with a straight-sided body beneath it that stands flat and solid on whatever surface it is set on. Chisel strokes are still legible across the dome, left where the carver saw no reason to take them out, since only the inside of a vessel ever had to be finished. Cavities open across the shoulder and along the step, the natural structure of the stone rather than anything worked into it, and the whole has weathered to a warm pinkish tan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday it works on a table, a console or a mantel, holding dried stems or standing empty as an object in its own right. The weight of the stone and the roughness of its outer face bring texture and a sense of age to a contemporary interior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kasa Petra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46934084747425,"sku":"KP-0061","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/2346\/9217\/files\/Lokasyon2000pxKare870.jpg?v=1787895181","url":"https:\/\/kasapetra.com\/products\/19th-century-dome-shouldered-urfa-stone-vessel-small","provider":"Kasa Petra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}