Eric Zetterquist Celadon Octagonal Vase
2016Having been receiving considerable influence by Song ceramics, Zetterquist praises this work as the “culmination” of classical Chinese ceramics, which possesses the characteristics of Southern Song Guan ware. This work represents the subject in the style of Chinese landscape painting that is contemporary with the subject, which can be inferred from the texture resembling an ink-painting-like blur. He is using the shade that appears on the surface of the vase as means of expression, which can be achieved by strongly lighting up the vase from one side. Here appears a “mindscape” – a small boat floats at the front and as one proceeds through the path and reach the pinnacle, he finds a waterfall and a pavilion.