Shirley

2023

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. The rose is still fragrant even with a different name. Teacher Lan Yue has designed clothing collections for many prestigious brands across Europe for many years, deeply influenced by European art in her temperament and artistic concepts. In "The Rose of Versailles," she employs two classical gold frames as a stage, using her profound skills in realistic watercolor to depict a plethora of blooming roses alongside a solitary camellia standing out. This underglaze ceramic piece (painted on the ceramic body) showcases delicate brushwork typical of overglaze ceramics (painted on the fired product), demonstrating the teacher's remarkable painting skills and artistic achievements, which are truly admirable. Moreover, she boldly breaks through the traditional design language of porcelain, infusing a new modern European light luxury concept, perfectly blending the classical with the innovative to create a unique masterpiece.

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