Chinese Base with Lotus Motif

Shallow and wide, this scroll-footed base is as flat as it can politely be.

This mahogany base with lotus motif is from China. Lotus petals carved in rows around a base are a familiar decorative device, echoing the lotus seat found in Buddhist art. Circular platform with a shallow dish top and a scalloped edge. Carved curling volutes and open cutouts form the apron and short feet, finished in a dark, glossy brown that catches the light along the rim. It is 2.25 inches high and 9.25 in diameter.

Low profile and high decoration, in equal parts.