A GUANGZHOU (CANTON) ENAMEL EUROPEAN-SUBJECT RECTANGULAR TRAY Qianlong period, circa 1740-1750 Painted with Western gentlemen in seventeenth century attire, four grouped to one side of the scene, one seated on a mat that is draped over the wizened trunk of an old tree whilst before him a winged putti prostrates with two further figures behind carrying vessels or gifts, all set in a lake landscape with pine and wutong trees near cliffs to one side, the everted sides painted with floral panels on a yellow cell ground with ruyi cloud lappets at the corners and with a gilt metal rim, the base of the tray fantastically painted with two colorful confronted dragons amidst swirling waves and clouds painted in shades of gray, the everted sides with a cracked-ice pattern with delicate blossoms. 11 7/8in (30.2cm) across Footnotes: 乾隆時期 約1740-1750年 銅胎廣彩歐洲人物長方倭角托盤 Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London Sir Harry Garner Collection (1891-1977) 來源： 倫敦Bluett & Sons古董行 Harry Garner (1891-1977)爵士舊藏 Published Cohen & Cohen, Baroque & Roll, Antwerp, 2015, p. 30, no. 21 出版： 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Baroque & Roll》，安特衛普，2015年，頁30，圖版編號21