# Black Granite Riven-Top Stem Vase with Brass Bores, 9in

> A black granite block, sides honed smooth and top left riven, drilled with brass-lined bores for single stems.

**Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-riven-top-stem-vase-brass-bores-9in
**Business:** Tilak Mandirwala — made-to-order marble temples (mandirs), statues and decorative handicrafts. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Founded 2006.
**How it works:** Each piece is carved to order by the independent master sculptors TMW works with in Jaipur's Khajane Walon Ka Rasta sculptors' market. TMW designs the piece with the customer, briefs the sculptor, and follows it through to delivery and installation.
**Pricing:** request-for-quote — pieces are custom, so the site carries no list prices.
**Ships:** across India; export enquiries welcome.
**About the image:** a design visualisation, not a photograph of stock on hand. The piece is carved to order after the design is agreed.
**Availability:** made to order.

## A block with a broken top

Four sides of this 9-inch block are worked smooth and honed. The top is left exactly as the stone split (rough, crystalline, irregular), and through that broken face run seven bores of differing sizes, each lined with a polished brass collar. Empty, it is a dark block with a scatter of gold. With a single stem in two or three of the bores it becomes an arrangement, and the empty bores stay part of the composition rather than looking unfinished.

## Why one stem at a time

A conventional vase asks you to fill it. This one only takes single stems, which forces the restraint that makes the arrangement work. Three stems at different heights against a dark block reads deliberate in a way a full bunch does not. The brass collars are functional as well as visual: they give the stem a clean bearing surface and stop water sitting against raw stone. Brass is used here as a fitting, at a small fraction of the piece; the object is granite.

## Where it sits

A dining table, a kitchen island, a desk, a bathroom shelf. Black granite is dense and unbothered by water, so it handles a wet environment better than marble would, and it is heavy enough at this size not to be knocked over by a tall stem.

## Making yours

Block proportions, bore count and collar metal are all open, and a longer low version works well down the centre of a dining table. It is cut for you by the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur, who split the top face rather than texturing it, so no two are quite alike. Allow four to eight weeks.

## Specifications

- **Material:** Black Granite
- **Finish:** Honed
- **Colour:** Jet Black
- **Ideal for:** Dining table and island styling, Desk and study, Corporate and housewarming gifting

Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown.

## Media

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## Part of

- [Handicrafts](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-handicraft-items)

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## Contact Tilak Mandirwala

- Email: info@tilakmandirwala.com
- Phone: +91 92141 72150
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- Enquiry form: https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/contact
- Store: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/best-mandir-shop-jaipur

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