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Sep 28, 2012
Sep 28, 2012
Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends"
Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends"
1426–1435
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1953.631
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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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