Jingdezhen kilns
Meiping Vase Decorated with ‘The Three Plenties’
1749-1798
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 7 H x 4 Diam. in. (17.8 x 10.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.43
The Three Plenties are fruits with powerful connotations. The peach of immortality, a prominent Daoist symbol, expresses a wish for longevity, while the pomegranate’s many seeds suggest the Confucian ideal of fertility. A variety of citron, shaped like fingers on a hand, is associated with the Buddha and conveys blessings.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; Morgan Collection
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "90 Years of Asian Accessions: 1920-1940," (Lockwood de Forest, Julius Levy, Francis Burns Harvey, Mary Frick Jacobs, William H. Whitridge), July 2004-February 2005.
