A FINE AND RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' BOWL

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period

清康熙 青花歲寒三友紋盌

《大清康熙年製》款

Delicately potted with curved sides rising from a short foot to a gently-flared rim, the exterior painted with three 'Triratna' symbols ('Three Jewels') formed from bamboo, prunus and pine to represent the Three Friends of Winter, interspersed with leafy sprigs issuing flowering peonies and ripe peaches and pomegranates, the inside rim with a thin band enclosing the sui han sanyou, the well of the bowl with a large juicy peach decorated with a shou character all within concentric blue circles, the base with a six-character Kangxi mark within a double-ring

20cm diameter

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PROVENANCE:

With Christie's label that reads '124' to base

來源：

底部標籤佳士得，標註「124」

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NOTE:

The use of the Triratna incorporating the Three Friends of Winter motif can be seen on pieces from the Ming Dynasty. For example, see an earlier bowl, marked and dated to the Wanli period, sold at Christie's New York, 22 Mar 2007, lot 315.

A bowl with a comparable 'Three Jewels' motif, this one dated to the Xuande period, is housed in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. 1710-1876

Compare also a similarly decorated bowl of this deep rounded shape, with Wanli mark, in the Qing Court Collection, and illustrated in 'The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 35 - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II)', p. 229, no. 209. Decoration of this type can also be seen on a bowl illustrated by John A. Pope in 'Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine', Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, 1956, pl. 80.

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