{"product_id":"19th-century-flare-rimmed-urfa-water-jar-small","title":"Flare-Rimmed Urfa Water Jar, 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 was hollowed into a broad, shallow basin with the walls left thick all round, and the difference shows: the inside is worn smooth from whatever passed through it daily, while the outside was left exactly as the chisel finished it. It opens wide at the top, draws in at the waist and flares again at the foot, which is what gives a piece this heavy a steady base on a floor that was never level. Cavities run through the stone in bands, the natural structure of the rock rather than anything cut into it, and the rim follows the stone's own edge rather than a line someone drew.\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":46934084780193,"sku":"KP-0060","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/2346\/9217\/files\/Lokasyon2000pxKare874.jpg?v=1787895213","url":"https:\/\/kasapetra.com\/products\/19th-century-flare-rimmed-urfa-water-jar-small","provider":"Kasa Petra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}