Author: Wu Liang-Bin

Size:Length:73 x Width:74 x Height:10 (cm)

Size description：150x126x10(含框)

Introduction：Mr. Wu Liang-Bin was born in 1947 on the old street of Yingge Town, New Taipei City. His ancestral home is Cizao Township, Fujian Province, and his family has been in the pottery business for 21 generations, continuing their ancestral trade for five generations in Taiwan. Born into a family of ceramic artists, he has been working with clay since childhood, creating tirelessly over the decades. He transitioned from making "everyday pottery" such as traditional pots, bowls, and plates, to crafting intricate and delicate "Koji pottery," developing his own unique style. Despite the fluctuating fortunes of the Taiwanese ceramics industry, he never considered changing his career path. Instead, he deeply pondered how to transform and become a model for traditional ceramics.
In 1978, his celebrated works included the ridge beasts on the roof of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the dragon head decorations at the National Concert Hall, showcasing his superb and solid pottery techniques. Later, using Koji pottery methods, he incorporated elements of opera characters, Taiwan's unique folk parade culture, and the imagery of old houses to highlight Taiwan's local cultural characteristics.
This work, "Plum Blossom," is part of the "Four Gentlemen" series gifted to the museum during the 2004 "Ceramic Art of Color and Craftsmanship - Wu Liang-Bin's Classic Koji Pottery Exhibition." The trend of appreciating and composing poems about plum blossoms began with Emperor Jianwen of Liang's "Ode to Plum Blossoms." The poet Lin Hejing, known for his elegant sobriquet "Plum Wife and Crane Son," captured the essence of plum blossoms in his poem "Little Plum in the Mountain Garden": "Sparse shadows lie slanting across the clear shallow water, the dark fragrance floats in the dusk of moonlit night."

Accession Number:CR09300500