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Imperial Yellow Dish with Pedestal

Object Details

Exhibition Label
Cliff Lee is renowned for his complex glazes. It took the artist seventeen years to perfect the Imperial Yellow (also known as Chicken Fat Yellow) glaze on this serving dish. The color recreates a famous porcelain finish from the fifteenth-century Ming dynasty of China.
Trained as a neurosurgeon, Lee brings his extensive knowledge of the sciences to concocting ambitious glaze recipes. In the broader history of American studio craft, once separate disciplines like science and art have been brought together by shared passions for curiosity and mastery of skill.
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Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Cliff Lee, born Vienna, Austria 1951
Date
1988
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carol and Bill Wright in memory of Dr. Edward L. Katz
Medium
porcelain and glaze
Dimensions
4 x 11 1/4 in. (10.2 x 28.6 cm) diam., irregular
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
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