THE LITTLE ENIGMATIC VASE WITH A DOZEN HOLES......IS IT, TECHNICALLY, A 'VASE'.....SINCE IT WILL NOT HOLD WATER?

 

THIS SMALL VASE HAS BEEN ON A SHELF, IN MY KITCHEN, ABOVE THE SINK.....FOR 30 YEARS......IT IS A 'HOLDER'....IN THOSE HOLES.....FOR DRIED STEMS, SILVER COCKTAIL STRAWS, SLENDER METAL FILES, WOODEN KABOB STICKS, INCENSE STICKS....WELL....JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT COULD BE LODGED IN THOSE HOLES.....ITS OPEN TOP IS A RESERVOIR FOR SMALL KITCHEN SCISSORS FOR DICING HERBS.......I'VE EVEN DROPPED LIT INCENSE CONES INTO IT, COVERING ITS OPEN TOP, TO WATCH THE SMOKE WAFTING FROM ITS DOZEN HOLES.......I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE IT, FOR IT BEARS NARY A MARK.......BUT, OCCASIONALLY, I WONDER WHAT THE POTTER THAT CREATED IT HAD IN MIND.....

a couple of boxes, beneath some folded T-shirts, in an old Abercrombie & Fitch shopping bag.....

......contained a pair of platinum VCA diamond earrings...in one.....and a cabachon emerald & diamond ring in the other......A rather pleasant and aesthetic surprise...