Used to contain ritual steamed glutinous rice.
The tray is rectangle, the two handles are in the shape of kirin heads spraying water. The outer sides of the tray are prototyped with folding patterns of different sizes. The inscription in the bottom is:
御製
勿太寬勿太猛應佩絃葦事其平允克慎幾微
明命己亥
倣周叔邦父簋
Literal Translation:
Made by the Emperor
Do not be too easy or too hard. It is necessary to judge carefully mistakes, small or big, while working.
Minh Mang, Ky Hoi Year
Adapting from a tray of Zhou Dynasty.