Wonderful Hand-Carved Marble Drum Stool (?) with Variety of Flowers for the student It is constructed like a

It is constructed like a "crown on thorns" with interlocking pieces

Excellen vintage condition

It measures 5 1/2" across and 3 5/8" tall

Writing in the upper right corner of first inside page

Wonderful Hand-Carved Marble Drum Stool (?) with Variety of Flowers for the student It is constructed like aI really love this, but am not sure where it came from or exactly how it was intended to be used. The form, and the motifs circling top and bottom, suggest a Chinese marble "drum stool", traditionally used as as a resting spot in a Chinese garden, but this is about half the size of a stool one would sit on, and the carving of the flowers. especially, looks very much like folk art (and really very much like the school girl drawings of flowers I like so