This catalogue is published in occasion of the solo selling exhibition of Chinese artist Caroline Cheng at Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery in October and November 2013.
'In her latest work, renowned Jingdezhen and Shanghai based artist Caroline Cheng, builds on the porcelain traditions of the past. Her Prosperity series features robes made of thousands of tiny handmade porcelain butterflies sewn onto burlap – a play on the Chinese word for clothing,fu, which echoes the word for prosperity. Cheng’s reinvention of the tradition of tea drinking features in her wood-fired stoneware pieces, each with a porcelain slip to capture more of the tea flavour.' - from Sotheby's website.
Includes a biography of the artist.
'In her latest work, renowned Jingdezhen and Shanghai based artist Caroline Cheng, builds on the porcelain traditions of the past. Her Prosperity series features robes made of thousands of tiny handmade porcelain butterflies sewn onto burlap – a play on the Chinese word for clothing,fu, which echoes the word for prosperity. Cheng’s reinvention of the tradition of tea drinking features in her wood-fired stoneware pieces, each with a porcelain slip to capture more of the tea flavour.' - from Sotheby's website.
Includes a biography of the artist.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
Location code
MON.CHY13
Language
Chinese - Traditional,
English
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2013
No of pages
53
ISBN / ISSN
Nil
No of copies
2
Content type
artist monograph,
catalogue
Chapter headings
The Eternal Spring: Contemporary Ceramics by Caroline Cheng / 陶話源記: 鄭禕當代陶瓷 - Edie HU, 胡以迪
The Eternal Spring: Contemporary Ceramics by Caroline Cheng, 陶話源記: 鄭禕當代陶瓷
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