id:			130943
accession number:	1953.631
share license status:	CC0
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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"
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series:				
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creation date:			1426–1435
creation date earliest:		1426
creation date latest:		1435
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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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
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	大明宣德年製
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
	opening date:   1981-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 7-March 29, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mansfield Art Center Feb. 27-April 10, 1983<br>"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

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PROVENANCE

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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 353
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n373

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