Chinese Ming dynasty famille verte polychrome saucer-dish

dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-06T15:22:17Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-06T15:22:17Z
dc.date.created	1662
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	This early Kangxi famille verte porcelain saucer-dish is decorated principally in red and green with a border of the Three Friends of Winter, Pine, Prunus and Bamboo around the rim, bands of trellis patterns alternating with panels of peach fruit on the cavetto and five medallion-like phoenixes between lotus tassels. The base has a grooved stand-ring, is sunken, glazed and marked with six Kangxi character marks in concentric circles in underglaze blue. The Three Friends of Winter (Pine, Prunus and Bamboo) is one of the earliest floral designs found on porcelain. The Chinese link them as “friends” because they alone flourish during the winter when other vegetation is dormant. They thus symbolize steadfastness in the face of adversity. Bamboo will bend, but not break and pine is evergreen. The prunus also flowers during the winter snows.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	75 mm x 360 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Underglaze blue and overglaze enamelled porcelain	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53933
dc.publisher	Department of the University of Pretoria Art	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	D700127	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Saucer dish	en_ZA
dc.title	Chinese Ming dynasty famille verte polychrome saucer-dish	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA