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A YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLEROSE
QUATREFOIL ‘TEA POEM’
TRAY
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the shallow lobed sides resting on four low
turquoise-enameled rectangular feet, the interior
centered with a conforming panel inscribed with
an imperial poem concerning the preparation of
tea and dated to the dingsi year of Jiaqing’s reign
(corresponding to 1797), all within two bands of
scrolling lotus and ! orets against a yellow ground,
the exterior enameled with further scrolling lotus
and bats, gilt bands dividing each decorative zone
and lining the rim, the base with a six-character
iron-red seal mark in a white cartouche
Length 6? in., 16 cm
Compare a pair of similar yellow-ground trays
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th April 2015,
lot 3119. A similar tray, but with lime-green
ground and the inscription in iron red, 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.
