Trashed Lamp Base

I wanted to try something a little new. Here is a trashed lamp base. The color and shape were just awful, but I wanted to see if I could make due with what was there and get something out of it. I am going to turn it into a Egyptian themed lamp for my living room, which would go great with my hieroglyphic pictures I picked up in the middle east. Hope I didn't go wrong investing time in this.