Wen-Chiao Lin’s cup in a box #14824

Content of the cup:
30 ml, top diameter 4,5 cm, height 4,7 cm
the cup comes with a light wooden box, there is enough space to wrap the cup in a cloth or paper

About this piece:
An unique porcelain hand-painted signed cup with a landscape theme. This is a new modern shape/design, combining the sniffing and a drinking cup into one. The painting is always unique, it is literaly a canvas/painting.

The cup comes from a custom made batch for pu-erh.sk. The whole batch consist of 30 cups and 10 pitchers. They will be put online day by day. Thank you for your patience.

Inscription on the wooden box:
青花文人器：
Blue and white literati ware.
月津人書於竹軒：
月津人(yuejinren)：Signature created by master Wen-Chiao Lin, It is the ancient name of the place where he was born.
書於竹軒 The name of master Wen-Chiao Lin studio. It means a house in a bamboo forest.

Master Wen-Chiao Lin blue and white porcelain needs to be fired at a higher temperature than ordinary ceramics. It is not easy to fire and can be easily deformed. The blue color will be slightly different every time it is fired.

The shape of the tea vessel emphasizes the expression of the taste of the tea, the feeling in the mouth, and the feeling of holding it in the hand. The blue and white paintings have the traditional Eastern literati imagery.

Author:
Artist Wen-Chiao Lin “YUEJINREN”

Born in 1957 in Yansui, Tainan, Taiwan. Lin calls himself Yuejinren. He graduated from Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School and The National Chung Hsing University, Department of Environmental Engineering.

Lin started his artistic life in his high school days and has been participating in numerous exhibitions. From 1974 on, he was mentored by masters from both sides across the Taiwan Strait, honing his skills ranging from ink wash painting, calligraphy to seal carving. He internalize and incorporate his experience of travelling and landscape painting into his style, merging both traditional and new era aesthetics.

The base china (porcelain) are hand-made by collaborating artist, or are manufactured in Yingge district, famous for producing porcelain products. Realism, abstractism and design are all fused into the creations of painted or blue-and-white porcelain; By employing and blending new techniques of blue-spraying and glaze-stacking, traditional Chinese painting is represented in a cleverly ingenious style, presented with a more modern flow. The artistic works channels the mood of a painting in the form of a piece of porcelain.

We hope that all viewers can see the mysterious charm and enjoy a feast of classical Eastern ink wash painting. Moreover, to be moved by this series of works!

Awards:

National Youth Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition, Calligraphy Social Division 2nd, 3rd place National Youth Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition, Traditional Painting Social Division 2nd, 3rd place Literature and Arts Golden Award, Calligraphy Silver Award Taipei Arts Awards, Quality Award

Exhibitions:

Ping-Lin Tea Museum – Multiple mediums United States Information Services Taiwan – Ink wash painting National Taichung Library – Ink wash painting, Calligraphy Guangzhou Exhibition of blue-and-white porcelain

Lectures:

National Palace Museum – The Art of Carving Sacred Lilies Taipei Tech University – The Aesthetics of Orchid and Bamboo Ludi Community College – The Research and Studies of Tea