Cloisonné Enamel Opium Tray

Old large opium serving tray in cloisonné enamel on copper.
Decorated with multicolored flowers (peonies?) sprouting from a stylized rock on a turquoise blue background surrounded by an elegant decorative frieze.
The sides of the red copper rim are also decorated with a frieze: lucky bats and clouds on the inside, stylized lingzhis (mushrooms of immortality) on the outside.
The bottom is decorated with spirals on a background that is also turquoise blue in colour.
Superb finish and very good condition, with no enamel chips or traces of impact.
Some very minor firing defects on the bottom.

Dimensions: 208 x 326 mm, height: 21 mm. Weight: 1280 g.

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