Lidded Blue Lotus Jar

A broad, shallow ceramic jar whose generous proportion speaks more to ceremony than storage, the Lidded Blue Lotus Jar by John Richard commands a surface with quiet authority. Hand-painted lotus motifs drift across its glazed body in the unhurried tradition of decorative ceramic arts, each brushstroke a reminder that the most considered objects are always made by hand. At two and a half inches in height against a sweeping twelve-and-a-half-inch diameter, the silhouette is deliberately disc-like — a form that invites the eye to slow down and settle.