Vase with the ""Three Friends of Winter"": Pine, Plum, and Bamboo
The design on this silver vase depicts a flowering plum, pine, and bamboo, a popular motif, with its origins in China, known as the “Three Friends of Winter.” Together, the three plants symbolize endurance and integrity under adversity.
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Wakai Kanesaburo; Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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4
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1184 |
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