Object Details
- Artist
- Cliff Lee, born Vienna, Austria 1951
- Exhibition Label
- Cliff Lee is renowned for his complex glazes. It took the artist seventeen years to perfect the Imperial Yellow (also known as Chicken Fat Yellow) glaze on this serving dish. The color recreates a famous porcelain finish from the fifteenth-century Ming dynasty of China.
- Trained as a neurosurgeon, Lee brings his extensive knowledge of the sciences to concocting ambitious glaze recipes. In the broader history of American studio craft, once separate disciplines like science and art have been brought together by shared passions for curiosity and mastery of skill.
- This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carol and Bill Wright in memory of Dr. Edward L. Katz
- 1988
- Object number
- 2010.36.2A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- porcelain and glaze
- Dimensions
- 4 x 11 1/4 in. (10.2 x 28.6 cm) diam., irregular
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_2010.36.2A-B
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7aa6bc6eb-e408-4d20-ac60-cd2ed2ea0ee6
