Chinese Miniature Base, Low and Square

Flat red-brown slab on a low rectangular frame, with no ornament and no regrets.

This low square miniature mahogany base is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Small stands like this have long been used in China to raise a scroll rock, vase or figure, giving the object above it a defined place and some height. Low rectangular stand with a recessed flat top bordered by a raised molding. The sides drop to a plain apron with small curved cutouts at each end. The wood is smooth, deep reddish-brown. It is 3.5 inches wide, 3.5 deep and 0.75 high.

Pure rectangle, quietly well made.