Chinese Base with Triple Lotus Motif (Small)

A stand with its petals fanned wide and a base that looks freshly polished.

This small base with triple lotus motif is from China. A cluster of lotus forms is a common decorative device in Chinese woodwork, where the plant is generally taken as an emblem of purity. Round stand with several layers of pointed petals around a flat, shallow dish. A short band of beads separates it from a rounded, leafy base with a patterned edge. The surface is deep reddish brown. It is 1.38 inches high and 2.63 in diameter.

A tidy rosette that never learned to wilt.