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alvin · 07-01-2013, 06:29 PM

Just visited Metropolitan Museum of Art the other day. One exhibition room had a bunch of big black "bowls" made quite a few hundred years ago (oversimplified, I know nothing about those clay stuffs). First impression, "Gee, so many containers were preserved over so many centuries in this superb condition??" Closer look revealed, "Oh, it's broken, now a few pieces glued back together".

So, those containers are not pure original. But I think their work preserved history better in this case..... it's better to see the whole "bowl" so I can appreciate the drawing on it, than looking at a pile of clay chips. Same is true for some of their armor collection.

07-01-2013, 06:29 PM	#7
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Just visited Metropolitan Museum of Art the other day. One exhibition room had a bunch of big black "bowls" made quite a few hundred years ago (oversimplified, I know nothing about those clay stuffs). First impression, "Gee, so many containers were preserved over so many centuries in this superb condition??" Closer look revealed, "Oh, it's broken, now a few pieces glued back together". So, those containers are not pure original. But I think their work preserved history better in this case..... it's better to see the whole "bowl" so I can appreciate the drawing on it, than looking at a pile of clay chips. Same is true for some of their armor collection.