A Rare Cinnabar Lacquer Square Tray Yuan Dynasty

with indented corners, the interior intricately carved with a central panel of conforming shape enclosing a dense network of flowering prunus, pine and bamboo, the "Three Friends of Winter", the cavetto and sides to interior and exterior decorated with long cartouches of various flowers on long scrolling leafy stems, standing on a short foot, the recessed base lacquered black