Chinese Mu Gongshi or Wood "Spirit Stone" on Huali Wood Stand

A window, grown rather than built.

This mu gongshi, or wood spirit stone, comes from Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, China. It is excavated wood, its age indeterminate, mounted on a huali wood stand. Chinese scholars long prized strange natural forms for contemplation, and a piece of wood can play the same part as a rock. A tall ridged trunk rises in browns and greys, split by one long oval opening. The carved stand below is pale, with scrolled feet. Eighty inches high.

Look through it. That is what the hole seems to be for.