Chinese Low Stool with Scroll Motif

The ends roll under like a scroll, which is a lot of elegance for something this low to the ground.

This low stool with scroll motif comes from Hebei Province, China, and is carved from stone. In Chinese furniture, scroll-ended forms are often borrowed from wooden low tables and altar stands. The top is a flat slab ruled with an incised border that curls into spirals at the corners. The apron is carved with running scrolls and leafy tendrils, and each end curves down into a rolled foot with deep spirals. The dark stone is streaked with white. It is 19.5 inches wide, 10 deep and 7 high.

Built to stay put, and in no hurry to go anywhere.