superbly modelled with shallow rounded sides divided into four lobes with gently canted incurved corners, all supported on a short foot of corresponding form, the flat interior of the tray with a lobed cartouche enclosing a stylised shou medallion flanked by a pair of dragons soaring amidst ruyi clouds above cresting waves and jagged rockwork, surrounded by four lobed cartouches alternating with four soaring phoenix around the cavetto, each cartouche enclosing floral blooms borne on leafy stems, each lobed side of the exterior similarly decorated with a cusped cartouche, flanked on the sides with two of the Eight Trigrams, each cartouche enclosing varying auspicious motifs, including the babao emblems, atop undulating lingzhi scrolls, all superbly carved through layers of lacquer against a diapered ground, the foot skirted with a key-fret border, the base lacquered black and gilt-incised with a six-character reign mark