An unusual and fine doucai rectangular tray Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period

of lobed elongated rectangular form, the curved sides rising to an everted rim, sitting on four elaborate angular scrolling feet, the interior finely painted with a central panel of conforming shape containing three large florets and six iron-red bats on an interlocking scroll ground, the side with pendent bead and floret band below a key-fret band to the rim, the exterior with four bats divided by lotus florets on leafy scrolling stems, above a band of multi-coloured dots before the unusual scrolling foot with detached florets on leafy stems and scrolling border picked out in gilt on a red ground, the base glazed turquoise with nine 'sesame seed' spur-marks