Sacrificial Vessel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White marble sculpture with dark gray veins. The sculpture depicts an abstract form with curved protrusions. A flat rectangular base supports a rectangular middle section with a protruding lip at the top. The base has a square footprint. Two curved handles are on either side. The top section has sculpted, curved, tentacle-like designs. A ruler is at the bottom. The title is "Sacrificial Vessel" and the artist is unknown.