This one is breaking my brain a little bit. It’s over 1300 years old, but I doubt most people would notice anything odd if they saw it in an upmarket homewares store. The shape of the vessel itself has a classic quality to it (although, thinking about it, I’m not sure classic is the right way to describe something that old), and the decoration would still fit in in a lot of peoples’ kitchens today.
The shape is functional, so people saw no reason to change it. That’s why it resembles so much modern cups.
For reference, check this 2400 years old Greek set (source)
If you subbed the silver with stainless steel, it would still fit any modern home; at the very least the jar and ladle would. Including the decoration.
Same deal with the cup in the OP. Plus a lot of contemporary people learned to like the native American aesthetics, specially the ones associated with Maya.
I’m not sure classic is the right way to describe something that old
Some might say its the exact right way to describe something that old…
