Title
Blue and white dish, Ming dynasty, China, c1500. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Blue and white dish, Ming dynasty, China, c1500. Small dish with everted rim decorated in the centre with a spotted deer and crane among pine, prunus and bamboo (the Three Friends of Winter). The cavetto has a continuous lotus scroll and the rim has a broad band of trellis diaper. There is a band of two blackberry vine groups on the exterior. The deer and crane are both longevity symbols and the Three Friends of Winter are plants of good omen heralding the spring and adding a further auspicious meaning to the decoration here.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
1500
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images
Reference
HRM19B73_345
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
17,9Mb (456,4Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2818 x 2224 (300dpi)