A Gilt and Polychrome Lacquered Carved Wood Stand, Huaji17TH CENTURY清早期 金漆彩繪牡丹紋花几the circular top set above a narrow waist, all encircled by a collar of petal lappets above an ornate apron richly carved and painted in polychrome with open flower blossoms amidst leaves. The whole supported of three cabriole legs carved with furls of leave at the scroll feet, raised on compressed balls over a circular base raised atop three curled cantilever feet.Height 25 1/2 x diam 13 1/2 in., 63.5 x 34.3 cm.Property from the Collection of Bruce H. and Eleanor A. Knowles, Williamsburg, Virginia