Master of the Rocks 1 & 3

Jingdezhen, China, 2017 / 18

The style of this work is in a romantic tradition inspired by Chinese symbolism and based on a historic early Qing dynasty porcelain, “Dish with a painted Landscape”, held in the collection of the “Keramiekmuseum Princesshoff, Netherlands.”

The small human figures are alone amongst the mountains and lakes, and symbolise the contrast of human emotion with nature, the sublime tranquility of landscape imbued with loneliness.

“Master of the Rocks 1 & 3 was a finalist in the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale 2020 exhibition and international competition, and is now part of the collection of the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.

Photography, Josef Muller