Object Details
- Artist
- Ah Leon 陳景亮 (Taiwan, born 1953)
- Label
- Ah Leon's dramatic sculptural teapot daringly updates the tradition of Yixing pottery, which has been admired in China since the sixteenth century. Potters from Yixing (near Shanghai) are know for their small, unglazed teapots made from local purplish-brown clay. Ah Leon reinterprets traditional Yixing ware in works that are both functional and sculptural.
- For Branch Teapot, Ah Leon was inspired by antique Yixing pots shaped like bamboo or branches. Yet he intensified the visual pun by creating an unabashed simulation of a weathered branch. Ah Leon, who lives in Taiwan, specially selected a local clay similar to that found in Yixing. While he adhered to ancient precedents regarding the construction of a teapot that pours well, his work is modern and expressive.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Honoring Friends: Recent Gifts by Members of the Freer and Sackler Galleries (June 10 to November 25, 2001)
- Bridge: Illusion in Clay (March 2 to July 6, 1997)
- The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)
- Credit Line
- Purchase -- funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts
- 1992
- Period
- Modern period
- Accession Number
- S1993.7a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Unglazed stoneware
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 42.2 x 43.1 x 17.3 cm (16 5/8 x 16 15/16 x 6 13/16 in)
- Origin
- Taipei, Taiwan
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Modern period (1912 - present)
- tea
- Taiwan
- stoneware
- unglazed
- Chinese Art
- Contemporary Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1993.7a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36f70a342-9ffa-4667-860a-bc6e1b273fb4
