Chinese Natural Wood Form

A tree wrung out like a wet towel, then left to think about it.

This natural wood form is burlwood from southern China along the Burmese border, dating to the 19th century. In China, scholars and collectors prized twisted roots and gnarled wood for the same reason they prized strange rocks: nature had done something no craftsman would dare. Grain ridges spiral up the trunk in dark and reddish brown, opening into a hollow and crevices near the base. The top ends in a rough flat lip, and the base splits into two feet. Twenty-eight inches high and eighteen wide.

It has no front. You may choose one.