A RARE GILT-BRONZE WAISTED 'LOTUS' STAND18th centuryFinely cast in openwork at the central medallion on top with a lotus flower amidst floral scroll, set into a circular frame of continuous engraved foliate reserved on a ring-punched ground, the rounded shoulder encircled by a key-fret band above a waist pierced with galleries, the body decorated by a band of petal lappets above a pierced aprons carved with lotus foliate, further joined by fiveruyi-form feet, all evenly gilt except for the base.16cm (6 1/4in) wideProvenance: 十八世紀 鎏金纏枝蓮紋底座