Hué blue-white porcelain bowl decorated with the three winter friends "pine, bamboo and prunus", the lip ringed with copper. These three species embody the primordial virtues of the scholar according to the teachings of Confucianism: perseverance, integrity and modesty. Persistent, they resist the approach of winter when other plants wither away.
Underglaze Nguyen mark in blue and old collector's label under the base.
China for Vietnam, late 18th century.
Height: 8 cm. Diameter: 15 cm.
(Crack).
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