Chinese Candle Base with Lotus Motif

The one sits low and wide, a flower floating on its own pad.

This candle base with a lotus motif in camphor wood is from Putian, Fujian Province, China, and is contemporary. A candle base like this holds a candle or cup upright on a carved stand, so the form of the base is the main decorative element. Broad lotus-shaped pedestal with a ring of upright petals above a narrow collar and a flaring carved foot. The foot's ridged leaf lobes have pointed, curled tips. Deep chocolate-black color with subtle shine. It is 11.5 inches wide, 11.5 deep and 8 high.

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