The story
Not every collected piece needs to be monumental. This shallow offering bowl, with a lotus raised in low relief at its centre, is the kind of object Molela has always made for daily devotion.
Mohan Lal makes them in small batches between his larger panels, each one finished and fired by hand.
An accessible entry into a centuries-old tradition.
The making
From earth to object
Molela terracotta · 800+ years — a tradition kept alive by hand.
- 01
Forming the bowl
The shallow form is raised and trued by hand from local clay.
- 02
Lotus relief
The central lotus is built up in low relief, the same technique used on the large votive panels.
- 03
Open-kiln firing
Fired in the open kiln, giving each bowl its own warmth of terracotta colour.
Where your money goes
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of this purchase is paid directly to Mohan Lal Prajapati — the hands that made it.
How we pay our makers →Provenance
Certificate of authenticity
Every piece ships with a digital certificate recording exactly what you have collected, and the hand that made it.
- Artisan
- Mohan Lal Prajapati
- Craft origin
- Molela terracotta · 800+ years
- Created
- 2026, Molela, Rajasthan
- Materials
- Local terracotta, open-kiln fired
- Edition
- Small batch · 10
- Maker's mark
- Hollow-backed relief, fired in a traditional open kiln.
The maker
Mohan Lal Prajapati
Terracotta relief plaques · Molela, Rajasthan
In the village of Molela, Mohan Lal raises figures out of flat clay — hollow-backed votive plaques carried to shrines across the Aravalli hills.
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