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mid-16th century · Porcelain painted in cobalt blue under clear glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

Emblems of longevity, the deer and the crane are combined here with the Three Friends of Winter, the plum, bamboo, and pine, symbolic of endurance and longevity and harbingers of spring.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-16th century

Medium

Porcelain painted in cobalt blue under clear glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Anonymous Gift, 1965