Of square form with flaring foot, the tray tops with canted corners, finely inlaid in mother of pearl with the Eight Trigrams around Yin and Yang, the four sides decorated on the panels with figures, mythological beasts, antiques and a poem by the Song poet Su Shi, the sides and rims red lacquered, the underside of the tray inscribed with the character ‘Yi’. Period: 18th century. Height: 10 cm, Measurements: 13.5?x?14 cm.