LATE 19TH CENTURY with a frosted-glass globe shade decorated with gilded dragons, raised above an ovoid reservoir with pierced floral frame, slender stem and domed lambrequin platform, above the knopped stem with lion mask mounts and loop handles, on three splayed legs terminating in ruyi sceptre feet depicting scholars, united by a pierced base with a bird, the oil fitment stamped BREVETE S.G.D.G./ J.S./ PARIS 168cm high overall