The phrase "a bowl containing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the contents of a bowl, often in a culinary or descriptive context.
Example: "She served a bowl containing a delicious mix of fruits and nuts."
Alternatives: "a bowl filled with" or "a bowl holding".
Eleven of them show a lumpish discus thrower posed beside a Doric column that supports a bowl containing the Olympic Flame; the twelfth container, centrally placed, is turned to show its other side, which bears the message "IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU".
Darren McHugh, the restaurant manager, places a bowl containing two little orbs of sugar-dusted loveliness on the table.
By tradition, Now Ruz celebrants gather around a bowl containing a single goldfish and carefully observe its movements.
Julia dumped water, which we had measured together, into a bowl containing the mix and helped knead the dough.
The waiter set down a bowl containing a lump of black tea sorbet, scented with lemon and cardamom.
For example, people will eat more M&Ms from a bowl containing many colors than from a bowl containing only one color — despite all M&Ms having the same flavor.
At a nearby table an elegantly dressed Taiwanese woman, obviously perplexed by a shallow bowl containing a single sheet of dried squid, laughed aloud as it separated into curly noodles when a server poured hot kombu broth over.
First to arrive, a small bowl containing a smouldering cigar.
As the evening draws to a close, one gentleman rises from his seat, sheepishly makes his way forward, and offers the evening's host a small bowl containing a single silkworm pupa.
A steel bowl containing a small live coal is placed in the pot of sauce, then the pot is covered for 10 minutes of smoking.
There are copies of Mamet's published works (Writing in Restaurants, Some Freaks), jostling for space with a fruit bowl containing oranges, a single banana and an opened packet of hot cross buns.
