A Chinese lime-green ground famille rose foliate tray

Reference: ART1001700

The quadrilobed tray is inscribed in iron red within a cartouche enclosing an imperial poem cyclically dated to dingsi year, and the two characters yuzhi and two seals, Jia and Qing. The panel is surrounded by a band of detached composite floral sprays, beneath a further band of floral sprays of larger size on the sides, which is repeated on the exterior. The base is covered with a lime-green enamel reserving an apocryphal Jiaqing mark.