id: 130943 accession number: 1953.631 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.631 updated: Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends", 1426–1435. 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 title: Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends" title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1426–1435 creation date earliest: 1426 creation date latest: 1435 current location: 238 Chinese Ceramics creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and reign (1426-1435) technique: porcelain with underglaze blue decoration department: Chinese Art collection: China - Ming Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 大明宣德年製 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques opening date: 1981-02-07T05:00:00 Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 7-March 29, 1981). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mansfield Art Center Feb. 27-April 10, 1983
"Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice: The Flowering Plum in Chinese Art," Yale University Art Gallery, April 17-June 30, 1985; St. Louis Art Museum, Sept. 6 - Nov. 3, 1985 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 864 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n153 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 266 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n290 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 266 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n290 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 353 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n373 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.631/1953.631_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.631/1953.631_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.631/1953.631_full.tif