A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND GILT ENAMEL TRAYS,... Lot n° 37

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND GILT ENAMEL TRAYS, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD, 1736 – 1795 清 1736-1795 《乾隆年製》款 銅畫琺琅盤 Each of hexagonal lobed form, decorated in gilt with a formal lotus meander reserved against a dark blue ground, gilt rims, the base enamelled white with a four-character reign mark in blue (2) Length: 9.5cm Width: 6cm A similar pair of blue enamel and gilt dishes with a lotus design was sold at Christie’s London, 3rd September 2013, lot 31 Provenance: The collection of Lt. Col. George Douglas Gray, OBE, MD RAMC (1872 - 1946), thence by family descent