Vazen in het Boulaq Museum in Caïro, Egypte before 1871

This is Hippolyte Délié's photograph of the Boulaq Museum in Cairo, presenting us with an array of vessels. The jars and vases arranged here are not mere containers, but silent witnesses to the ebb and flow of civilization. These forms echo across millennia, harking back to the amphorae of ancient Greece and Rome, vessels that carried wine and oil, but also stories and traditions. Look at their bellies, swollen with life-sustaining liquids, resembling the fertile womb. The vase is an enduring symbol; it reappears in different epochs and styles. In Renaissance paintings, vases overflow with flowers, embodying abundance and divine grace. The form persists even today, yet the psychological undercurrents remain - a container not just of substance, but of meaning, resonating with our collective memories.