bowl BM-PDF-B.635

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1426-1435
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed
Subjects:the three friends of winter
Dimensions:Diameter: 208 millimetres Height: 92 millimetres

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.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Xuande Room 95 label text:PDF B635Bowl painted with the Three Friends of WinterChinese 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 decorationJingdezhen, 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