Indonesian Stone Pedestal / Base

Broad, low and blocky, like a temple step that decided to go independent.

This pedestal or base is lava stone from Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia, from after the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung. Agung is the highest and most sacred volcano in Bali, and its eruptions have long supplied the island's carvers and builders with stone. Here dressed gray blocks form a wide rectangular body with an overhanging top slab and a stepped base. The surface is streaked with darker veins and a few pale marks across the top. It is 36 inches wide, 24 deep and 24 high.

Made of a mountain, and it shows a certain calm about it.