A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE `VALENTINE-PATTERN' TEAPOT AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750-1760

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A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'VALENTINE-PATTERN' TEAPOT AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750-1760
Finely enamelled and gilt on both sides with a pair of doves perched on a quiver beside an altar of love to one side, and garlands of flowers embellishing heavy, folded drapes to the other side, the motifs repeated on the cover
9 in. (23 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Variations on this design, which were inspired by an armorial dinner service ordered in 1743 for Lord Anson based on a drawing by Sir Piercy Brett who accompanied him on his voyage round the world in 1740-44, were popular in the 18th Century. However, the present example is of particularly fine quality, and would have been part of a very impressive tea service. A saucer from this tea service is in the Victoria & Albert Museum; see R. Kerr and L. E. Mengoni, Chinese Export Ceramics, London, 2011, p.65, fig. 84 (left).

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