Bowl with Decoration of the "Three Friends"
Unknown Artist
1426–35
Medium
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Dimensions
h. 11.2 cm · diam. 30.2 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1953.631
About this artwork
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.