An inscribed and dated lime-green ground famille rose tea tray

Reference: ART10018

The lobed body supported on four ridged feet picked out in gilt, the centre inscribed in iron-red with an imperial poem dated to dingsi year of Jiaqing’s reign (corresponding to 1797), all within a gilt border and enclosed by a meander of lotus sprays and florets in bright enamels, the decoration repeated in the well and the exterior, all reserved on a lime-green ground continuing over the base save for a six-character seal mark in iron-red.