A rare and fine Mother-of-Pearl and black lac overlaid wood Tray
Gujarat, late 16th/ early 17th Century
of circular form with raised rim, the surface decorated with elegant mother-of-pearl inlay on a black lac ground with a central roundel featuring a scene in a pavilion with courtly figures and attendants, surrounded by winged figures, large trees and birds, all on a background of very fine scrolling floral arabesques, the reverse painted in white, black, green and gold on a red ground with a central shamsa surrounded by lobed cartouches containing floral sprays; old labels to reverse with pen inscriptions, the first 356, the second Ca[..] Leyland[?]
43.5 cm. diam.