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A PAIR OF ‘VALENTINE-PATTERN’ INITIALED CYLINDRICAL See footnote to lot 112 for an explanation of this surprisingly
WINE COOLERS complicated and allusive European design, containing several symbols
Qianlong period, circa 1755 drawn from the Classical European tradition associated with the
the slightly waisted cylindrical vessel with numerous barely noticeable Roman God of Love, Cupid, and referring to expressions of romantic
vertical lobes and painted in pastel ‘rose’ enamels in a continuous love. The name Cupid comes from Roman mythology, deriving from
scene around the vessel with a version of the so-called valentine the Latin verb cupere which means ‘to desire’. The earlier ‘romantic
pattern, one side depicting paired kissing doves, a bow and a quiver mythological’ precursor in Greece was worshipped as the God Eros.
of arrows alongside a column-form altar with a double flaming heart
and a formal flower arrangement beneath a fruiting tree, with a butterfly This pattern appears on a small range of export wares. The origins
above and a faintly-sketched open-winged goose floating in the middle however are unclear, though it has been suggested that it was
distance, the scene continues to the other side and centered by a produced for Lord Anson in 1743 and based on a drawing by Sir
similar fruiting tree bedecked with floral swags and an oval cartouche Piercy Brett who was a lieutenant on Anson’s flagship HMS Centurion
with the initials FB or HB on a blue ground, beneath which lie two on her 1740-44 voyage to Guangzhou (Canton). Certainly, by the time
ribboned halberds, a shepherdess’s hat and a shepherds bagpipes to this service was produced it appears to have become a more widely
one side and two seated dogs to the other near fenced rockwork and used design.
with further dogs in the middle distance with mountains beyond, above
flies a colorful duck, further rockwork and flowers frame and conjoin For other examples with the valentine pattern, see Litzenberg, 2003, p.
the scenes, simple shallow scallop handles below a slightly bulging 221; Howard, 1994, no. 134, a two-jug set; Beurdeley, 1962, no. 109,
neck and rim with iron-red scrolls and gilt bands echoed at the slightly a mug; and Jorg, 1989, nos. 22 and 100.
spreading foot.
10in (25cm) across handles (2).

$5,000 - 7,000
乾隆時期 約1755年 釉上彩描金《愛神圖》與姓名字首冰酒桶一對

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