Chinese Candle Base with Lotus Motif

Dark lotus blooms open, petals layered like shingles on a low bowl.

This candle base with a lotus motif in camphor wood is from Putian, Fujian Province, China, and is contemporary. Fujian Province has a long reputation for woodcarving, and the Putian area is often associated with detailed carving of decorative and devotional objects. Wide, shallow stand shaped as an open flower, its overlapping petals fanning out from a plain round base. Each petal has a small notch at the tip. The finish is near-black and slightly glossy, and the flat top is bare. It is 5.5 inches wide, 5.5 deep, 3 high and 1.99 in diameter.

Blooms all year and never needs water.