Gorgeous Old Burl Root Stool, Presumed Chinese "Scholar's Stool" disney knock off it has a bit of

it has a bit of a WPA feeling about it

It weighs just about a pound

with the hand-drawn/painted designs on the lid hovering between abstraction and figuration

and then two more bows to hold "some of my sisters" ("C" and "S")

Gorgeous Old Burl Root Stool, Presumed Chinese "Scholar's Stool" disney knock off it has a bit ofThe dealer in my neck of the woods that I purchased this root burl stool from believed it to be antique Chinese and looking at some images of Chinese root wood "scholar's stools," I believe he is correct. I found find it a completely gorgeous, strikingly sculptural and dramatically gestural thing, with super smooth surface and wonderfully rich color, ranging from near black to rust orange. And it is a shape shifter, revealing different aspects across