Exhibition of porcelain inspired by Chinese literary classic
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Since "A Dream of Red Mansions" was created by Cao Xueqin in the 18th century, the story has been adapted into opera, TV series and films countless times over. Also inspired by the novel, a designer from Taiwan has recently created a collection of porcelain works.
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Vera Fan, a designer from Taiwan, tells us the answer with a porcelain show featuring scenes depicted in Chinese masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions". |
How will the inspiration of a classic novel influence porcelain?
Vera Fan, a designer from Taiwan, tells us the answer with a porcelain show featuring scenes depicted in Chinese masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions".
Inspired by the 63rd chapter of the novel, Fan has created a collection of porcelain vases which represent the twelve beauties in the novel.
Vera Fan, designer, said, "In the novel, Cao Xueqin depicts the twelve beauties with different flowers. And for this collection, I picked Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and Jia Tanchun and their flowers the lotus, peony and the apricot flower."
The flowers also show the characters' personalities and indicate their destinies in the novel. But it's no easy task to show the hidden information on the vases.
"It's a big challenge. You have to depict the hidden information between the lines on a real vase. So I tried to use some hardly visible lines to indicate that," Vera Fan said.
" "A Dream of Red Mansions" has many fans. I hope the show can attract these readers and see how they will respond to the combination of the classic novel and the porcelain," said Chen Liheng, CEO of Franz Collection Inc..
The collection is now on display at Beijing's Today Art Museum. Later it will meet more audiences in Shanghai and Hangzhou.
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