The four sides profusely carved with a solid ground of flowering peony (representing honour and prosperity) above a “Greek key” border highlighted in gold. The top appliquéd with stylised Eriobotrya Japonica (Japanese plum) and butterflies over an impressed swastika background - washed in gold.
Provenance: Christies, New York, Sale 8334, 10th January 1996, lot 31 "The Collections of Sir John Pope-Hennessy” (label fixed to underside). Pope-Hennessy was former director of both the Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Museum. Compare with a tray of similar design and technique in Derek Clifford, Chinese Carved Lacquer, 1992, Bamboo Publishing, London, plate 130.
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