Principles of decorative design . Fig. 110. Fig. 103. Fig. 107. Fig. 108. from a river, or some position which required that the vessel he attached to a cordand cast into the source of supply, for the roundness of the base at once points tothis, it being a provision for enabling the vessel to fill by turning upon its side (wereits base flat it would float on the water); it is also formed out of metal so as to facilitate EGYPTIAN VESSEI^. 123 this end. Tne arched handle not only points to the attachment of the vessel to astring in order that it be cast into the water, but also to the carrj^ing
Principles of decorative design . Fig. 110. Fig. 103. Fig. 107. Fig. 108. from a river, or some position which required that the vessel he attached to a cordand cast into the source of supply, for the roundness of the base at once points tothis, it being a provision for enabling the vessel to fill by turning upon its side (wereits base flat it would float on the water); it is also formed out of metal so as to facilitate EGYPTIAN VESSEI^. 123 this end. Tne arched handle not only points to the attachment of the vessel to astring in order that it be cast into the water, but also to the carrj^ing the vesselpendent from the hand in the manner that pails are at present carried, and thecontracted mouth restrains the splashing over of the water: and what this simplewater-vessel points to we find tu have been the case, for the Eg\-ptians derived water.
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