A BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' JAR Kangxi Sturdily potted of ovoid form surmounted by a short unglazed tapering neck, deftly painted in cobalt-blue around the body with a continuous scene of bamboo, plum blossom and gnarled pine trees issuing from the ground rendered in hemp-fibre brush strokes, all within a balustraded garden with the moon above, carved wood cover. 21.2cm (8 3/8in) diam. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清康熙 青花歲寒三友圖罐 Provenance: acquired from Walter van Halm, London, in 2004 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M.White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.308 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商Walter van Halm，2004年（藏家筆記） 著錄：M.White，《Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection》，第4冊，無出版地，2023年，第308頁 The 'Three Friends of Winter': pine, bamboo, and plum blossom, symbolise endurance, integrity, and renewal, representing moral strength and scholarly virtue in Chinese art. See a similar blue and white 'three friends of winter' jar, Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge, 30 0ctober 2023, lot 105. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing