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A LIME-GREEN GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE ‘TEA-POEM’ TRAY
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING

清嘉慶 淺綠地粉彩御製詩海棠式茶盤一對

《嘉慶丁巳小春月之中澣》「嘉」「慶」印
《大清嘉慶年製》款

of oval lobed form supported on four ridge feet picked out 御題詩：
in gilt, the interior centred with a lobed panel enclosing an 佳茗頭網貢，澆詩必月團。
imperial poem pertaining to the preparation of tea and dated 竹罏添活火，石銚沸驚湍。
to the dingsi year of Jiaqing’s reign (in accordance with 1797), 魚蟹眼徐颺，旗櫓影細攢。
all within two bands of scrolling lotus and florets bordering the 一甌清興足，春盎避輕寒。
gilt rim, the exterior similarly decorated with a composite floral
scroll band, all reserved against a light lime-green ground
continuing over the base save for a six-character seal mark in
iron red
16.2 cm, 6⅜ in.

HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

Compare a similar lime-green ground tray with an iron-red
inscription, sold in our London rooms, 13th May 2015, lot
346. For a translation of the poem in English, see Stephen W.
Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981, p. 239.

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