Depending on the viewer, this item can be perceived in various ways. Once adorned with a flower, the Tronchetto vase transforms into a cross, described by Andrea Branzi as "one of those ambient signs that independently of religious questions are able to change the significance of a space all on their own." These deeply rooted anthropological symbols speak to us in a primal language, indicating that they are enigmatic entities imbued with spirit, much like this unassuming yet mysterious vase.