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This is a vessel is made of silver with malachite inlayed eyes, depicting a figure playing the bagpipes.
Although it looks like just a drinking vessel the vessel was used during important rites such as burial ceremonies.
Music was a very important part of rites for the Chimu which is the reason why a musician is depicted. It is a great example of how much a vessel can mean to a culture during the time period.

Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 42, 695-696, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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Beaker with apes, Southern Netherlandish, 1425-50

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Beaker with apes, Southern Netherlandish, 1425-50

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This beaker is a piece from the Burgundian Court made from silver and painted enamel.  This vessel is used to tell a story. It contains registers telling a story of the Peddler and the Apes. The story itself tells about  apes robbing a peddler with the apes symbolizing"  lower human behavior"
It was popular during this time period because there was a conflict between prosperous merchants and the aristocracy. the aristocracy did not view the merchants in good standing and judged them to be low lives making a quick buck rather than hard workers. So the story was very popular among the aristocrats to imply that only apes would buy from low-life merchants.
This vessel was used as a story of the time it was created to tell about the world around it.
Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 40, 663-664, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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Salt Cellar, Sapi-Portuguese, Sierra Leone 1470-1550

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Salt Cellar, Sapi-Portuguese, Sierra Leone 1470-1550

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This vessel is a salt cellar made of ivory by sapi artists.
it was a luxury item that was often bought from sapi artists by the Portuguese explorers who landed in Sierra Leone.
Salt was an expensive item during the time so many wealthy buyers would display these ivory bowls on their tables to display their salt.
This vessel displayed what would be considered a luxury item for only those who were the most wealthy at this time.
Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 49, 796-797, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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This vessel is a goblet made of Venetian glass with enamel and gold.
The practice of Venetian glassblowing grew in Venice until it was banned on the mainland due to fire risk. It then shifted to the island of Murano which was located less than a mile away. On the island, glass blowers closeted their techniques but in doing so they created impressive works with opaque milk glass, multicolored glass, and enameled glass like the vessel above.
This vessel in particular in believed to be created to commemorate a wedding.

Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 39, 651-652, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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This vase is Chinese porcelain with cobalt detailing.
As porcelain became ore popular it became a trading good for china becoming an item that gets manufactured all over china.
This vessel in particular has Arabic script that reads "Al-Jalil"
the vessel was marketed toward Muslim communities inside and around the Ming empire. This vessel shows the economic prosperity china was having at the time.

Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 43, 709-710, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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Pair of Vases from the swan service, Johann Joachim Kandler, 1738

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Pair of Vases from the swan service, Johann Joachim Kandler, 1738

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These vases are made of gilded porcelain.
Porcelain was steadily growing and spreading throughout the years originating from china but Europe soon caught on to the investment.
These vases were created by the Meissen factory one of the most successful factories of the time in Europe. these two vases were a part of a two thousand-piece dinner service commissioned for the director of the Meissen factory. these 2 in particular of the set were thought to be displayed at his dinner-table. these vessels tell about the spread of porcelain and the industry in Europe.
Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 56, 914-915, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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Bird Shaped Vessel, Koror Islands, Belau, 18thC

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Bird Shaped Vessel, Koror Islands, Belau, 18thC

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This vessel is made of wood and inlaid with shells. It is from the Koror islands where these kinds of vessels were made for high-ranking  chiefs , the highest being the Ibedul
The purpose of the vessel was to show the owner's status.
This particular vessel was given as a gift to a British mariner from the Ibedul because the Mariner named Captain Henry Wilson had assisted him with conflicts with enemies.
This was an extremely meaningful act given the symbolism of the vessel.

Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 52, 848-849, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.

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Maria Montoya Martinez Jar, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico,  1940s

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Maria Montoya Martinez Jar, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico,  1940s

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This vessel is a ceramic jar made by Maria Martinez.
Martinez was a renowned artist of her time for her pueblo Native American designs carrying pueblo roots into her work. She was commended for her control with form and clean designs created through slip and polishing finishes. The shape of her works is distinctive to pueblo pottery carrying forward the tradition.
This vessel shows a modern take on a past art form as the culture changes over time.
Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, The History of Art: A Global View (London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021), chap. 41, 688-689, https://digital.wwnorton.com/histartglobalbookpreview.