id:			130943
accession number:	1953.631
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.631
updated:		2025-08-07 21:43:46.797000

Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends", 1426–35. 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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creation date:			1426–35
creation date earliest:		1426
creation date latest:		1435
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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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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measurements: Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	大明宣德年製
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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, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice: The Flowering Plum in Chinese Art</em>. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (April 17-June 30, 1985); St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (September 6-November 3, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-04-17T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Early Ming Blue and White Porcelains.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 42, no. 2 (February 1955): 27–31.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 30; Reproduced: p. 29
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142015

	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

	Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy. <em>Ming Porcelain</em>. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 89, no. 53
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	Williams, Marjorie. <em>Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 33, p. 48
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