Gorgeous Old Burl Root Stool, Presumed Chinese "Scholar's Stool" pportrait red and green linen on

red and green linen on cream

and wonderful pencil drawn face that gives her a very sweet and serene countenance

The whole tin was painted a sort of brown-gray that is really lovely

dings and aging to the wood

as two is even better than one

Gorgeous Old Burl Root Stool, Presumed Chinese "Scholar's Stool" pportrait red and green linen onThe 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