Chinese Double Lotus Base

Bright and nearly clean, a short waisted block with a grey-smudged foot.

This double lotus base is from China. It is marble. A double lotus base is typically made of two rows of petals, one facing up and one down, forming a seat or stand for a figure. Thin top disc sits over a faint zigzag line, a row of rounded petals, a ridged waist and a lower petal tier. Scroll carving circles the foot, and a dark grey vein runs through the pale ivory body. It is 4 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Crisp carving, wearing its smudges like a signature.