Bowls, cups, jugs and vases

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Fiji.  1 cent.  Tanoa. Communal serving bowl.

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Solomon Islands, 1 cent. Native food bowl.

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Colombia, 20 pesos, 1982.

Poporo Quimbaya.

Made around 300 B.C.

Its primary use was as a ceremonial device for chewing coca leaves during religious ceremonies.

Exhibited in the Gold Museum in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Egypt, 5 piastres, 1992.  Decorated vase.

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South Korea, 200 Won, 1970.  Celadon vase, Koryo dynasty.

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United Arab Emirates, 1 dirham.   Arab coffee can.

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Guernsey 1982 20p coin, featuring a milk can on the reverse.

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Malaysia, 20 sen, 1990.  Sirih and kapur container.

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Isle of Man, 2 pence, 1988. 

Traditional items of local craftwork, with a cup at the centre, against an outline of a Celtic stone cross.

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Malta, 5 mils, 1972.  Earthen lampstand.

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Greek 10 lepta coin from 1912, depicting a little owl perched on an amphora.

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And if you are not careful with your bowls (or, in this case, plates), the result may be something like this.

Christian

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U.S.A., quarter dollar, 2009. 

The reverse design celebrates American Samoa.

It features the ceremonial items of an ava bowl, whisk and staff.

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Samoa, 1 tala, 2011.  This bowl is described as a kava bowl. 

Curious that the American Samoa bowl is described as an ava bowl.

Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Samoa all feature a bowl on their coins.

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Cook Islands, 2 dollars. 

The reverse depicts a kumete, traditionally used to pound root foods such as arrowroot.