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A MASSIVE GUANGZHOU (CANTON) FAMILLE ROSE Published:
ARMORIAL BOWL COMMEMORATING ‘THE BATTLE OF THE Cohen & Cohen, Baroque & Roll, Antwerp, 2015, pp. 150-151, no. 92
SPURS’
Jiaqing/Daoguang period, circa 1810-30 出版：
The imposing massive and brightly decorated bowl, painted in the 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Baroque & Roll》，安特衛普，2015
so called ‘mandarin’ palette, the exterior with two large shaped 年，頁150-151，圖版編號92
rectangular cartouches, one painted with a presentation scene with
a warrior and his entourage before seated nobles and officials in a The two crests are for the family of Clerke and the motto suggests
courtyard setting, the other with another warrior with chest bared that this very unusual bowl was made to commemorate the 300th
and sword drawn performing before seated ladies and officials, anniversary of the Battle of Spurs in 1513 in which Sir John Clerke
both cartouches with ogival borders of turquoise floral scrolls on a had captured the commander of one half of the French Army, Louis
gilt ground, smaller cartouches divide these and are painted with d’Orleans, Duke of Longueville. As a reward for this Henry VIII awarded
two crests of a horse and a bird surrounded by the motto munus et him an augmentation to the Clerke arms, an extra ‘canton’ with a ram
monumentum victoria Henry VIII Spurs 1513 written in reserve on and fleurs-de-lys, which appears on a Chinese armorial service made
a gilt-ground belt-like sash, the cartouches are set against a plain in 1730.
ground painted with birds, butterflies and flowers and bordered at
the rim by a wide band with a continuous scene of figures in bucolic A descendant of Sir John was made a Baronet, of Hitcham, in 1660
settings, the center of the interior painted with gentlemen at a table and this bowl and a porcelain service were probably ordered by Sir
viewing a painting and at other scholarly tasks surrounded by groups William Clerke, 8th Bt.
of elegant women in pavilion garden setting, the well of the bowl
superbly painted with a most unusual continuous scene within a Sir William (1751-1818) was the younger brother of Sir Francis, 7th
very wide band, depicting various figural group settings, one with a Bt, (aide-de-campe of General Burgoyne), who died at Saratoga in
meditating seated monk and acolytes, dancing figures in a courtly the American Colonial Rebellion. William was a Fellow of All Souls,
setting, further monks and warriors on cloud supports, sword-wielding Oxford, and Rector of Bury in Lancashire with a great interest in social
youthful figures in a pavilion setting with a musician and elegant ladies health and an investor in agricultural schemes. He was robbed by his
nearby, the complete scene takes place before the water’s edge below partners and died imprisoned for debt in the Fleet Prison, 1818. He
in which various characters, in a procession around the vessel, appear married Byzantia Cartwright and his son, Sir William, 9th Bt, fought at
from within shells, clams, riding tortoises, fish, shrimp and tree vessels, the Battle of Waterloo.
all clutching swords and spears, above this band is a border of birds,
flowers, fruit, lotus rhizomes and cicada on a dense gilt ground The Battle of Spurs took place on 16 August 1513 between the forces
at the rim. of Henry VIII allied with the Imperial forces defending the Pope against
21in (53.5cm) diam the French. The battle was a resounding defeat for the French and
earned its name from the speed with which the French cavalry fled the
$8,000 - 12,000 battlefield.
嘉慶/道光時期 約1810-30年 為英國市場製大件廣彩盾徽金馬刺戰役 References: Howard, 1974, p. 785, a meat dish from the service,
紀念碗 with birds and insects and the same crests and motto - & p. 396, a
service circa 1730 with the full coat of arms of Clerke including the
augmentation.
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