Indonesian Stone Pedestal / Base

Stacked like a small temple and about as easy to move.

This pedestal or base comes from Bali, Indonesia, and is contemporary, in lava stone. Balinese stone carvers have long worked the island's volcanic rock into shrines, gateways and plinths, valued for its light weight relative to its look and the way it weathers. A heavy square cap sits over a stepped cornice. The plain block below is built from fitted slabs, and a stepped plinth widens at the base. The stone is a soft charcoal grey, pitted and mottled, with a few chipped edges. It is 18 inches long, 23.75 deep and 30.5 high.

Whatever goes on top had better be worth the climb.