Pair of Prickly Melons

Cliff Lee American

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Lee spent years studying the imperial yellow glazes of traditional Chinese porcelain. Originally a neurosurgeon, he created the stems of these melons through the painstaking application of small bits of clay.

Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze

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Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze
Pair of Prickly Melons, Cliff Lee (American, born Austria 1951), Porcelain with incised and applied decoration under yellow glaze

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