Body of a reclining woman

Physical description

Dish, once-fired in a coal-burning tunnel kiln, for 32 hours, at temperatures reading 1200-1300 degree Celsius. Design of a naked female torso on a red mat, against a banded blue ground. The design was drawn in ink on the biscuit-fired body, then glazed using regular glazes: cobalt blue, copper red and green, zinc white.

The maker's intentions behind creating the piece were to unite the supine body into one with the sky and the earth, to unite a variety of different skills and to unite traditional with contemporary allusion. At the same time, he wanted to bring together both painting and potting skills, and using the transmutation and flowing capacities of high-firing glazes to achieve a painterly result.

Box: Notes by maker in register

Place of Origin

Zibo, China (made)

Date

1984 (made)

Artist/maker

Qu, Leilei, born 1951 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Stoneware with coloured glazes

Dimensions

Diameter: 25.6 cm

Object history note

Bought from the maker in London.

Descriptive line

'Body of a reclining woman' dish, stoneware with coloured glazes, made by Qu Leilei, China (Zibo, Shangdong province), 1984

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Notes by maker in register
'Daily Telegraph' 25.1.1986. 'Ham & High' 28.11.1986. 'Siyu' Jan-Feb 1987

Materials

Stoneware

Techniques

Glazed

Subjects depicted

Women

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics; Art Pottery

Collection code

EAS