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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,B.635
Description
Deep porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with the Three Friends of Winter in a landscape. Central roundel inside with similar Three Friends and rock motif. There is an inscription on the base.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Xuande
Production date
1426-1435
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
208 millimetres
Height:
92 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Xuande
Room 95 label text: PDF B635 Bowl painted with the Three Friends of Winter Chinese people read this design of pine, bamboo and prunus as the 歲寒三友 (suihan sanyou ‘The Three Friends of Winter’). Pine trees are evergreen and grow for a long time, representing stability and longevity; bamboo, another evergreen, symbolises the educated Confucian, an ideal gentleman-scholar who should be like a bamboo stem, bending not breaking in adverse conditions; and the plum stands for purity as well as leadership, as it is the first flower to bloom in China in the New Year. There is a six-character Xuande reign mark in underglaze blue on the base. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD1426–35
PDF B635 歲寒三友圖碗 中國人將松、竹、梅組成的紋飾圖案稱為“歲寒三友”(意為冬天的三位朋友)。松樹,長青且生長時間長,代表穩定與長壽;竹子,另一種長青植物,象徵有修養的儒家,即君子應該像竹節一樣,直面逆境彎韌不折;梅花代表純潔,亦象徵領袖風范,因其為中國新春開放的第一種花卉。外底署青花六字宣德年款。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,宣德,宣德款,1426-1435年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(pp 84-85, no.B635)
(reign mark p.114)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.61, no.B635, pl.XII)
Scott 1989a / Imperial Taste - Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.62, no.32)
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 46-47, no.15)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Colour pl. 46 and p. 311)
(Mark p. 276)
Location
On display
(G95/dc18/sh8)
Subjects
the three friends of winter
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,B.635