Craft
Width:28 x Height:4.5 x Diameter:28 (cm)
高:4.5,直徑(口):28, 直徑(底):28,直徑:29.2
Liu Ching-Lin (b. 1946, Hsikou, Chiayi) currently resides in Fengyuan, Taichung. He began his career as an apprentice at the American company Millperthroe and went on to establish Han-San Woodworks in 1976, where he specialized in wood-based lacquerware. Skilled in working with natural lacquer, Liu collaborated with lacquer artist Chen Huo-Ching (1914-2001) to produce export goods and promote lacquer art education. With over four decades dedicated to lacquerware, he now serves on the executive board of the Taiwan Lacquer Culture Association and was recognized by Taichung City in 2014 as a preserver of “Lacquer Craft - Wooden-Base Lacquerware.”
This circular tray, crafted with a wooden core, is thinly coated with brown lacquer and then polished to completion. At the center is a traditional longevity motif of pine trees and white cranes, carved in low relief and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. A gnarled pine tree anchors the composition on the left side, while two cranes perch on its trunk, one with its head lowered and the other gazing upward, their postures distinct. The pine's curved treetop elegantly frames the two birds, stabilizing the visual center while drawing focus to the cranes. The composition's density on the left and openness on the right creates a pleasing rhythm and visual balance across the surface.
Accession number:20170300216