It may be art, but I think it is also packaging. Because I found the thing that it contained. It was clearly an immature Death Star egg.
Hmmmm
If it turns out to be a famous but lost work of art they might want to to be on a panel and talk about your experiences.
A very similar object, though much larger. A tank for holding acid used in paper production, circa 1938.
It’s obviously a Coulomb compressor used for manufacturing Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulators(™).
No, it’s not. And I would know…
Methinks thou dost protest too much.