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A small cup with a toothed rim

A dark, irregular cup sits on a light surface in two views. Its body narrows toward the base and widens into a roughly square opening, while one curved handle rises from the side. Along one edge, several blunt projections resemble teeth or a comb. The mottled brown-black surface and uneven contours give the object a markedly different appearance from a plain, smoothly rounded drinking vessel. The second view looks down into the opening, revealing the deep interior and making the rim’s jagged profile especially clear. The contrast between a familiar vessel shape and its unusual outline is the main visual interest. A handle and hollow interior signal the cup-like form, while the squared sides and toothed edge disrupt expectations about how such an object is usually drawn. The worktable setting supplies scale and a practical backdrop, but the object remains the focus. Like other pieces in this collection, it is memorable not because the image explains its purpose, but because a recognizable category has been given a strikingly different silhouette.

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