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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘VALENTINE-PATTERN’ FIVE-PIECE PART Captain of the Centurion on 30 Sept 1743, while they were in Canton,
BEVERAGE SERVICE and Brett did many drawings during the voyage. The earliest version
Qianlong period, circa 1755 of this so-called ‘Valentine’ pattern has a breadfruit tree and palm tree,
Comprising three pear-shaped vessels and covers for tea, milk and hot which then re-appear in the center of an export armorial dinner service
water, and a fourth cone-shaped pot and cover for chocolate, along with the arms of Anson. In the famous Anson service, the tree has
with a matching ogival tray, painted in rich ‘rose’ enamels with the so- acquired garlands of flowers and many of the elements of this pattern
called valentine pattern depicting paired kissing doves, a bow and a are present: the flaming hearts on an altar, the dogs, the shepherd’s
quiver of arrows, two standing flower arrangements either side of an crook, the birds, the bow and arrows. The version of this design on
alter with a flaming heart, a large curtain tied back with flower garlands the present set omits some of them, but also includes the drawn-back
and a double monogrammed cartouche with initials below a coronet. curtains which perhaps suggest an erotic adventure as they resemble
the tray: 8 5/16in (21.1cm) across; the tallest pot: 5 3/4in (14.6cm) the drapes around a four-poster bed. Such Classical suggestive
high (5). allusions would have appealed and been readily comprehensible to a
literate eighteenth century audience educated in the Greek and Roman
$5,000 - 7,000 classical texts.
乾隆時期 約1755年 粉彩描金《愛侶》紋飲品用器同組五件 The use of pastoral imagery and allusive symbolism as codes for
‘amorous activities’ was ubiquitous during the 18th century, found
Published: widely in the poetry of the period. This set must surely have been
Cohen & Cohen, A Game of Bowls, Gent, 2014, pp. 82-83, no. 61 ordered for, or as a result of, the marriage of a young couple, whose
initials form the complex monogram which appears to read as MH &
出版： MH or MH and AIH.
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《A Game of Bowls》，根特，2014
年，頁82-83，圖版編號61 References: Litzenberg, 2003, p. 221, for a similar set but decorated
with Chinese figures: Howard, 1994, no. 134, for a set of two jugs;
This well-known subject, a romantic fantasy alluding to European Jörg, 1989, nos. 22 and 100; Beurdeley, 1962, cat. 109, a mug;
classical mythology, is found on a small range of Chinese export Forbes, 1982, no. 73, for a coverless tureen and stand; Hervoüet and
pieces, but the origins of the design are not clear. It seems probable Bruneau, 1986, no. 7.118, for a plate, and 7.119 for a saucer with a
that it was originally created for Lord Anson in 1743 and is based on monogrammed Valentine design that also includes buildings;
a drawing by Sir Piercy Brett (c1710-1781), a gifted amateur artist
who was a lieutenant on Anson’s flagship HMS Centurion during his
voyage round the world 1740-4. Anson promoted Brett to become

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