Wine Jar with Tree in Form of 'Long Life' Character
This wine jar of globular shape is painted with underglaze blue symbols of immortality. The trunk of a peach tree is twisted into the character Shou, meaning "longevity'. Peach threes are emblems of marriage and more appropriately for immortality. A peach tree of the gods was...
Artifact
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12107
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [mode and date of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_49.1667_Fnt_BW_PL90.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/49.1667 |