The stand comprises two back posts connected by a toprail terminating in carved lingzhi sprays above scrolling tendrils, a central openwork panel depicting blossoming magnolia rising from rocks, above hanging spandrels of leafy tendrils and an apron carved with interlinked vines, all above a narrow shelf with beaded edges supported by an apron with openwork scrolls. The metal basin is resting on a crossed stretcher joining the six legs terminating in lotus buds at the tops and interlinked by another cross stretcher at the bottom below.