Description:
Chinese export porcelain globular-shaped teapot with cover decorated in the Famille rose palette of blue, pink, iron-red, greens, purple, orange, brown, black, and grey. Both sides have a variation of the 'Valentine' pattern, using elements from 'Altar of Love' (two flaming hearts on an altar, two doves billing on Cupid's quiver, wreath and side curtain) and 'Absent Master' (tree, wreath, dogs, shepherd's crook, pipes and hat, sheep). The 'Valentine' pattern, a combination of pastoral, erotic, and exotic South Seas elements such as a breadfruit tree and coconut palm, was originally found on a 1743 dinner service made in Canton for Commodore George Anson (1697-1762). It was probably designed by then First Lieutenant Piercy Brett (1709-1781), Anson's official artist during his 1740-1744 circumnavigation; many of Brett's drawings were used as the basis for the engravings in "Anson's Voyages", published in 1748. 'Altar of Love' and 'Absent Master' were independent motifs, remembrances of home, first combined on the 1743 service. This variation has a spotted dog looking up a tree with large round fruits with a bird on a branch looking down at the dog. There are two birds and three sheep in the background on the left, and two doves facing each other on the right.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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