A ZITAN RECTANGULAR 'MALLOW' TRAY QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

of rectangular form with canted corners supported on a short foot of conforming shape, finely and freely carved on the centre with an open mallow bloom, the gently waving, furled petals and pistil very well defined, the base inlaid with a mother-of-pearl square carved with the characters Le nian zhi