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Source Description
Pine, bamboo, and plum blossom are known as the “Three Friends” of winter as metaphors of the scholar-gentleman’s ideal of integrity, endurance, loftiness, and purity.
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Document identity
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130943
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Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends"
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130943
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object
title
Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends"
description
Pine, bamboo, and plum blossom are known as the “Three Friends” of winter as metaphors of the scholar-gentleman’s ideal of integrity, endurance, loftiness, and purity.
date
1426–35
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60756986
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and reign (1426-1435)
accession
1953.631
Source extras
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porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends", 1426–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and reign (1426-1435). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1953.631
collection
China - Ming Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
大明宣德年製
inscription_translation
'Da Ming Xuande nianzhi' (Made in the Great Ming dynasty, Xuande reign)
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1
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Early Ming Blue and White Porcelains.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 42, no. 2 (February 1955): 27–31.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 30; Reproduced: p. 29
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 864
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 266
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 266
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 353
citation
Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy. <em>Ming Porcelain</em>. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 89, no. 53
citation
Williams, Marjorie. <em>Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 33, p. 48
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:46:10.508000
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130943
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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