The lotus is a symbol of enlightenment that has been in continuous use for four thousand years. Latte peaked commercially around 2008. The Latte Empress Lotus is a ceramic wall flower, 4.5 inches across, one screw, no water — what happens when those two things arrive at the same flower without prior arrangement. The lotus has not commented on this. The lotus never comments. That is rather the whole point of the lotus. The empress form in latte glaze is the most quietly certain thing in the Japan Collection.