Chinese Children's Bathing Basin on Stand

Wide black basin on four round legs, deep enough to mean business.

This children’s bathing basin on stand is from China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered rattan. Tibetans were traditionally semi-nomadic and owned few personal furnishings, so most Tibetan furniture stood in monasteries, and some of it was carted over the Himalayas to India as monasteries were destroyed. Shallow circular bowl with an upright rim and a smooth glossy interior, sitting on a separate round stand with four plain cylindrical legs. The finish is black with brownish highlights and light scratches on the surface. It is 32 inches long, 32 deep and 18.5 high.

Plenty of room for whatever the occasion calls for.