Chinese Wood Base

A low rectangular stand with a fretwork skirt that looks like a tiny garden wall.

This sandalwood base is from China. Sandalwood is a fragrant, fine-grained heartwood that has long been carved in China for small objects, boxes and religious items. Low, rounded-corner rectangular stand in dark reddish brown. The top has a stepped molded edge, and an open geometric key-fret apron runs beneath it above four short, curved feet. It is 5 inches wide, 3 deep and 1.5 high.

Low profile, careful geometry, no fuss.