清十九世紀 剔紅訪友圖倭角長方盤

with shallow slanted sides and indented corners, the interior carved with a horizontal scene of two scholars and an attendant in a garden, detailed with pavilions amongst pine trees and jagged rockwork, framed by a broad floral border continued to the exterior, accentuated by four lingzhi stems at each corner of the interior, the base lacquered black

This tray is in good condition, but there has some been some re-lacquering to the rim to the top right corner (approx. 12cm) and to the rim of the lower section (approx. 10cm). There is a crack running full length through the centre of the base.
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