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Liu Chaoguo

04-1797Jade CarvingTraditional Fine ArtsYuqichang, BeijingBatch 4 (2012)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in March 1945 in Beijing. A Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. In 1962 he was assigned to the Beijing Jade Factory to cut rough stone. From 1972 he worked in design, excelling in animal and vessel forms. He studied successively under the veteran craftsmen Cheng Zhanxiong, Xia Changxin, Li Huanting and Jiang Tong, inheriting the essence of imperial jade-carving technique; he mastered the thin-walled technique, and his artistic style is grand and majestic, bold and vigorous, composed and dignified, rich and elegant, reflecting the aesthetic fashion of his time.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of jade carving (Beijing jade carving), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Several representative works, including Xiang Long Ju Rui Bai Yu Hua Xun (Auspicious Dragon Gathering Blessings, a white jade flower censer), Ma Nao Tang Pen (Agate Soup Basin) and Hua Kai Fu Gui Lian Ping (Blossoms Bringing Prosperity, a chained vase), have won gold and silver awards at various exhibitions.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Liu Chaoguo · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Jade Carving
Item code
Ⅶ-57
Category
Traditional Fine Arts
Region
Yuqichang, Beijing
Born
1945.03
Batch
Batch 4 (2012)

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