Pair of Prickly Melons
Lee spent years studying the imperial yellow glazes of traditional Chinese porcelain. Originally a neurosurgeon, he created the stems of these melons through the painstaking application of small bits of clay.
Artwork Details
- 美國 李鍵 (1951年生於奧地利) 黃釉刺瓜一對 (約2008年作)
- Title: Pair of Prickly Melons
- Artist: Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951)
- Date: ca. 2008
- Medium: Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
- Dimensions: a: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. of base 2 in. (5.1 cm)
b: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Diam. of base 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) - Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Purchase, Jeff Soref Gift, in honor of Maxwell K. Hearn, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.544a, b
- Rights and Reproduction: © Cliff Lee
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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