Elyra Vase, Small

A slender column of porcelain rises to twenty and a half inches, its proportions deliberate and unhurried — the kind of object that anchors a console or mantel through quiet authority rather than volume. The gold finish wraps the form with luminous restraint, neither ornate nor understated, but precisely calibrated to hold its own within a considered interior. From John Richard, the Elyra Vase in its smaller scale demonstrates how the most resolved pieces need no embellishment beyond the integrity of their own silhouette.