Hasami kilns
Sake Bottle Decorated with “The Three Friends of Winter”
1800-1850
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Hasami kilns
Sake Bottle Decorated with “The Three Friends of Winter”
1800-1850
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt and overglaze enamel decoration, 28.6 × 12 cm. (11 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.47.27
The bottle is decorated with a motif that symbolizes endurance: the strong pine tree and flexible bamboo, which remain green in winter, and the plum blossoms which signal spring’s arrival. This design, popular across East Asia, is associated with the new year.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996 (on loan 1966-1996); Maryland Institute College of Art, by 1911; Henry Walters, by bequest, 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911.
Frances Klapthor, "An Eastward Glance - Chinese and Japanese Art from the Lucas Collection," BMA, August 2006-February 2007.
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
Frances Klapthor, "An Eastward Glance - Chinese and Japanese Art from the Lucas Collection," BMA, August 2006-February 2007.
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911, no. 676, p. 107.
