Every marble urli that leaves our workshop begins long before it takes shape — it begins with a block of stone selected in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where our marble is hand-carved by artisans working in a centuries-old stone-carving tradition. Each piece in the urli range, from the Scalloped to the Padma to the Rounded Lotus, is cut from material inspected for grain, tone, and consistency before a single tool touches it. That care in selecting the raw stone is what lets us promise the same soft, warm-white finish across every piece in a collection, batch after batch.
An urli, if you haven't met one before, is a traditional Indian vessel — wide, shallow, and originally used to cook or to float flowers and diyas during festivals. We've kept that spirit alive while shaping the form for modern homes: a centerpiece for a dining table, a floating-petal bowl for a console, or simply a sculptural object that catches light on its own.
Three silhouettes, one philosophy
The Scalloped Urli, pictured above, is built around a ring of rounded lobes — roughly two dozen of them on the 9″ size — which catch raking light in a way that makes each ridge cast its own soft shadow. It photographs almost architecturally, but sits warm and tactile in person.
The Padma Urli takes its name and form from the lotus, with fine petal detailing radiating from the center. It's the piece most people reach for when they want something that reads as ceremonial without being ornate.
The Rounded Lotus Urli softens that same lotus language into fuller, more rounded petals — a quieter, more contemporary read on the same idea. It comes in three sizes, including a Set of 2, so it scales from a single statement bowl to a layered console arrangement.
Styling an urli at home
An urli rewards a light touch. A few ideas we come back to often:
Water and petals. The oldest use, and still the simplest — a few centimetres of water, a scatter of marigold or rose petals, and a floating tealight after dark.
Dry and sculptural. Leave it empty, or fill it with a single dense cluster of dried botanicals or smooth river stones. This works especially well for the Scalloped Urli, where the empty form does most of the visual work.
As a centerpiece anchor. On a dining table, an urli sits lower than a traditional vase, so it doesn't block sightlines across the table — useful for dinner parties where you still want a floral moment.
Because the stone is natural, no two urlis are perfectly identical — you may see faint veining or subtle tonal shifts from piece to piece. We consider that a feature, not a flaw: it's the same reason no two blocks of marble from Udaipur's quarries cut exactly alike, and it's part of what separates a hand-finished marble piece from a mould-cast one.
Home is not styled. It is felt. An urli, more than most objects, tends to prove that — it rarely commands a room, but it almost always anchors one.
