Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Vase with the "Three Friends of Winter": Pine, Plum, and Bamboo
(Japan and Korea )
The design on this silver vase depicts a flowering plum, pine, and bamboo, a popular motif, with its origins in China, known as the “Three Friends of Winter.” Together, the three plants symbolize endurance and integrity under adversity.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Wakai Kanesaburo; Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970. Herbert F. Johnson, Ithaca; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. |
| 2012-2014 | Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World's Fairs, 1851-1939. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Mint Museum of Art Uptown, Charlotte. |
| 1876 | Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/14/1954 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 7/7/1989 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/7/1989 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 2/8/2011 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 1/16 x Diam: 7 in. (28.1 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1184