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Banquet 3

Plate Stand
2013 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jiang Yanze is Associate Professor at the School of Design of the Nanjing University of the Arts. She completed her BA in Ceramic Art at the Nanjing University of the Arts and her MA at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. She has received critical acclaim both in China and abroad, notably in winning the Sidney Myer Fund Premier Award at the Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, Australia, in 2004, and participating in the international exhibition 1001 Cups in 2010 that travelled from Switzerland to India, China and Korea.

From around 2003, Jiang started to create anthropomorphic forms using moulded ceramic vessels, usually in the shape of ancient Chinese figurines. In 2012, she began the Banquet series during her residency at Gaochun Ceramic Factory in Jiangsu province that produces bone china tableware. Using the factory’s raw material, Jiang developed her ideas further by incorporating shapes from the factory’s mass produced tableware in her works, such as the knob on the teapot lid, which are visible in this piece. There is an element of humour in her pieces, as the solemn shapes that are reminiscent of Han-dynasty tomb figurines are reconstructed in cartoonish forms. At the same time, the piece speaks to the centrality of vessels in the performance of ritualised social relationships, in the past, and in contemporary life.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand and Plate
  • Plate
TitleBanquet 3 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, glazed, painted enamels
Brief description
'Banquet 3', bone china painted with blue enamels, Jiang Yanze, China, 2013
Physical description
Sculptural stand and plate, made of bone china with blue enamels, composed of a series of vessel forms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36 cm
  • Diameter: 36cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
顏泽 Design Yanze (Base of plate)
Transliteration
Yanze
Summary
Jiang Yanze is Associate Professor at the School of Design of the Nanjing University of the Arts. She completed her BA in Ceramic Art at the Nanjing University of the Arts and her MA at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. She has received critical acclaim both in China and abroad, notably in winning the Sidney Myer Fund Premier Award at the Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, Australia, in 2004, and participating in the international exhibition 1001 Cups in 2010 that travelled from Switzerland to India, China and Korea.

From around 2003, Jiang started to create anthropomorphic forms using moulded ceramic vessels, usually in the shape of ancient Chinese figurines. In 2012, she began the Banquet series during her residency at Gaochun Ceramic Factory in Jiangsu province that produces bone china tableware. Using the factory’s raw material, Jiang developed her ideas further by incorporating shapes from the factory’s mass produced tableware in her works, such as the knob on the teapot lid, which are visible in this piece. There is an element of humour in her pieces, as the solemn shapes that are reminiscent of Han-dynasty tomb figurines are reconstructed in cartoonish forms. At the same time, the piece speaks to the centrality of vessels in the performance of ritualised social relationships, in the past, and in contemporary life.
Collection
Accession number
FE.85: 1, 2-2015

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Record createdJune 30, 2015
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