A SET OF FOUR GRADUATED FOOCHOW LACQUER 'LANDSCAPE' TRAYS Early 20th Century (4)'Foochow' lacquerware from a European private collection, lots 495-508A SET OF FOUR GRADUATED FOOCHOW LACQUER 'LANDSCAPE' TRAYSEarly 20th CenturyEach of oval form, the interiors decorated with related landscape scenes incorporating airships and planes, one depicting a Dutch flag.The largest: 37cm (14 1/2in) wide (4).The depiction of aeroplanes in Chinese art began with the work of Lingnan artist Gao Jianfu (1879 - 1951) in the 1920s and was co-opted into the nation building project of Sun Yat-sen.