The layered cup form of the lotus — petals opening outward from a dense center, each layer slightly wider than the one before it — is one of the more botanically specific shapes in the collection. The peridot green glaze places it in the color family of young growth, new leaves, things that have recently decided to exist. We made it in peridot because peridot is the green that looks like it means something. In this case it does. 4.3 inches across. One screw. No water. It is a lotus that has arrived at a decision.