teardrop container

13:37 Aug 21, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
/ Japanese flower arranging
English term or phrase: teardrop container
In a book on ikebana (Japanese flower arranging), the context is the following: "Small and compact, this arrangement on the right is designed to be seen from above, standing by the basin [in the bathroom]. Placed in a small Japanese teardrop container, the tulips have been cut very short [...]."
The container seems to be made of porcelain. It is shallow and triangular
Marianne Bouvier
Local time: 19:55


Summary of answers provided
3 +1vase lacrymal ou lacrymatoire
Florence Bremond


  

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vase lacrymal ou lacrymatoire


Explanation:
A Gauche : Urne d'incinération du 1er siècle, dans lequel a été trouvé un pot en verre et le vase lacrymal et un bol en sigillé. "
http://david.zicola.free.fr/musee_pierrelatte/pages_html/vis...

"Lacrymatoire ou lacrymaire Petit flacon de forme allongée dont les Romains respiraient le parfum pendant les cérémonies funéraires accompagnées d'une crémation sur un bûcher"
http://jode.free.fr/abc/l.html

des photos :
http://www.dericqles.com/21avr2001/b-10.html

Evidemment la forme ici est différente - cependant il me semble que la fonction première est identique (même si ici elle est détournée pour des fleurs!)



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Note added at 2002-08-21 15:16:12 (GMT)
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\"LACRYMATOIRE

LACRYMATOIRE. s. m. Petit vase que les anciens Romains mettoient dans les sépulcres, et qui étoit destiné à y conserver les larmes qui avoient été versées aux funérailles du mort. On dit aussi Urne lacrymatoire
\"
http://hera.inalf.cnrs.fr/cgi-bin/ACAD1798.pg.sh?POBJECT=787

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 19:55
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1739

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daniel Bichis: There is a cultural difference here - the context is japanese! I agree with the previous translation
57 mins
  -> Si on part de ce principe autant trouver le mot japonais...

agree  sktrans
1 hr

agree  Gayle Wallimann
153 days
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