It looks like something with a hidden compartment that once you find it, it leads to a treasure. Like those fancy objects in the comic series Tintin or Suske & Wiske.
It made me think of the japanese tower in Laken.
Looks like an ‘asgij’, short for ‘asgij het weet, laatet ons dan weten’
Missing the dish this is a Chinese water table I was gifted one working for a moving company . Yours is in may better. Condition but without the dish it’s a hard sell because they are a married pair the dish is made from material in the piece to be symbolic
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It looks like an emperor’s chair that must surely come from Asia. Where are your grandparents from?
I bet you could sell it for a shit ton of money. If you make bank, don’t forget to send some over here xD
Missing panel of Het Lam Gods. Worth millions.
The Actual Holy Grail
Maybe u/WarHeritageInstitute can help or point you in the right direction?
It looks Chinese. Maybe part of a home altar?
But China didn’t participate in Expo 58.
Please ask r/antiques r/whatisthisthing and r/china
If hand carved and legitimately more than 60 years old it could be worth a few thousand euros. Don’t count yourself a millionaire though.
Looks expensive
Looks like it’s made from a cast? Hopefully for you it’s not something that was mass produced
Indiana Jones want his relic back.
Reninds me of the “chinees paviljoen” in Brussels.
It is lelijk
Is there anything engraved on the back of it that could give us more info?
My Chinese gf says it is a luxury version of a [Chinese basin stand](https://m.baidu.com/sf/vsearch?pd=image_content&word=%E6%98%8E%E5%BC%8F%E9%9B%95%E8%8A%B1%E9%9D%A2%E7%9B%86%E6%9E%B6&tn=vsearch&atn=mediacy&fr=alawise&sa=vs_ala_img&imgtype=0&imgcontent=%7B%22materialQuery%22%3A%22%22%2C%22subjectJson%22%3A%7B%7D%7D&imgpn=22&imgspn=0&mediacyKey=undefined&tt=1&di=7169026086108397569&pi=0&cs=2946519285%2C2110286935&bdtype=0&objurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffile.gucn.com%2Ffile%2FInfopic_uploadfile%2F200873114393624.jpg&imgos=4236328939%2C1287989245&imgis=0%2C0&isRecFrClick=0) , used for personal hygiene (washing face,…). You can Google ‘Chinese basin stand’ and find more similar pictures.
It looks like something with a hidden compartment that once you find it, it leads to a treasure. Like those fancy objects in the comic series Tintin or Suske & Wiske.
It made me think of the japanese tower in Laken.
Looks like an ‘asgij’, short for ‘asgij het weet, laatet ons dan weten’
Missing the dish this is a Chinese water table I was gifted one working for a moving company . Yours is in may better. Condition but without the dish it’s a hard sell because they are a married pair the dish is made from material in the piece to be symbolic