Tibetan Light Stand

Clear dish on a thick pedestal, speckled with a few stowaways.

This Tibetan crystal light stand is from Tibet, and dates to the 20th century. Rock crystal is a clear form of quartz, and it has been carved into ritual and decorative objects across Asia for many centuries. Shallow, wide-rimmed bowl of colorless glassy material on a thick, flared foot. Small flecks and inclusions are scattered through the surface, and a few cloudy marks show on the interior. It is 2.75 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Clear as water, and nearly as quiet.