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Dish with design of Three Friends of Winter

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    Object Details

    Description

    Dish, low, with rounded sides; one chip on rim; hair-line crack.
    Clay: white porcelain.
    Glaze: clear, feldspathic; a few pinholes and impurity flecks.
    Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue of deep tone, copying a traditional design of the Ch'eng-hua period. See F1951.10 and .11. Center inside, "three friends of winter" (pine, plum, and bamboo) with garden rock, and fungus, enclosed by double line band which is repeated at rim. Outside, following model, a scene of figures on a garden terrace with plants and trees.

    Inscriptions

    Six character Kuang-hsu mark in underglaze blue on base.

    Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

    Credit Line

    Anonymous gift

    Date

    1875-1908

    Period

    Qing dynasty, Guangxu reign

    Accession Number

    F1978.45

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Vessel

    Medium

    Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 4.2 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm (1 5/8 x 7 x 7 in)

    Style

    Jingdezhen ware

    Origin

    Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

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    Data Source

    National Museum of Asian Art

    Topic

    ceramic
    pine tree
    Jingdezhen ware
    bamboo
    Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
    Guangxu reign (1875 - 1908)
    cobalt pigment
    China
    porcelain
    Chinese Art

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e1c5f4b6-6f98-44af-8f84-3bb155ab7fc2

    Record ID

    fsg_F1978.45

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