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Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- Dish with design of the Three Friends
- Other titles:
- Shallow dish with 'three friends' motif
- Place of origin
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Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Jiajing 1522 - 1566 → Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Year
- 1522-1566
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
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3.2 x 17.6cm
- Credit
- Gift of Florence Marks, Orwell Phillips and Barbara Selby 1980
- Accession number
- 193.1980
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Further information
The Jiajing emperor was a faithful disciple of Daoism. The imperial partiality sparked a wave of enthusiasm for Daoist religion throughout the empire, and set a fashion in the decorative arts. Motifs relating to Daoism were most favourably employed in the decoration of ceramics as seen in this dish decorated in a rich blue with the motif of the Three Friends (prunus, pine and bamboo). The Three Friends are symbolic of independence, endurance and integrity. This new type of bright, strong blue was made from cobalt known as Mohammedan blue.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.121.
- Bibliography (3)
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Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 90 (illus.). cat.no. 6
'The Marvel of Porcelain', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 121 (colour illus.).
Inspirations - Art ideas for primary and middle years 2004, 2004, cover (colour illus.), 10 (colour illus.). card 10
