Chinese Hexagonal Base (Small)

A six-sided display stand, dark as espresso, with cloud-scroll openwork in the skirt.

This small carved sandalwood hexagonal base is from China. Sandalwood is a fragrant heartwood with a long history in Asia, used for carving, incense and temple objects for many centuries. A low hexagonal platform with a stepped, molded top edge and a flat dark panel. The apron below is pierced with scrolling, curl-shaped openings, flanked by smaller curls at each corner. Four rounded feet sit under the corners. The finish is deep brown-black. It is 3.25 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 1 high.

A humble stand that dresses like a throne.