A RARE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE TEA CEREMONY TRAY JIAQING MARK AND PERIOD |

painted to the top with a river landscape and inscribed with an eight line calligraphic poem 'Peach Blossom and Spring', three sides painted with figures in a landscape, the fourth with a four-character mark of Jiaqing in underglaze blue, the unglazed base with an oval glazed recess inscribed with a Jiaqing four-character reign mark in underglaze blue

Nineteenth Century Mark and Period Porcelain, S. Marchant and Son, London, 1991, cat. no. 5.

There are some areas of repairing in various areas, particularly a triangular section at the bottom left corner approx. 11 x 13 cm. Minor glaze chips to the edges of one side. Minor firing imperfections include iron spots and burst bubbles in various areas, and minor gritting towards the edges. Otherwise in good condition.
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For an identical plaque in the collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig, in China und die Hoffning auf Glück, see one illustrated Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Koln, 2000, cat no. 47, col.pl. 123.