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Quardrilobed trays of this type are usually found decorated with an imperial
poem by the emperor Jiaqing extolling the pleasure of drinking tea, and
with a Jiaqing seal mark. The decoration is either in blue and white with
an underglaze blue seal mark or in famille rose and iron red, with the mark
in iron red. A pair of the famille rose examples was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 7 April 2015, lot 3119, and a blue and white example was sold at
Christie’s New York, 13-14 September 2018, lot 1378. A Jiaqing-marked tray
of this shape with turquoise ground and famille rose decoration arranged in
a manner similar to that on the present trays, is illustrated by G. Avitabile,
From the Dragon’s Treasure, London, 1987, p. 25, pl. 12. This tray also has an
iron-red seal mark surrounded by a turquoise ground.
清乾隆 白地粉彩纏枝蓮紋海棠式碟一對 礬紅六字篆書款

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