Time. The unrelenting march of time (and our lack of meaning in it...). The vase is unchanging, and it's very nature (and the shot itself) is completely disconnected from the day to day reality of life and family. When we cut back to the daughter, she is in tears bc she realizes that she is stuck, frozen in time, unchanging (like the vase). Just my opinion, at least...

I think you meant lowering the price BY $300, not TO $300. There’s a $1600 difference in that word choice…