Deng Xiping
Lineage & School of Heritage
She graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Wuhan University in 1965. From 1968 to 2002 she worked successively at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Industry Research Institute of the Ministry of Light Industry and at the Jianguo Porcelain Factory, during which she studied under the colour-glaze masters Chen Honggao and Nie Wuhua. In 2002 she established Deng Xiping Studio and has since devoted herself to research and creation in colour glazes.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han, born in November 1942 in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. A national representative bearer of Jingdezhen hand-made porcelain technique, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. A senior engineer and an expert receiving the special government allowance of the State Council. Since 1978 she has taught her skills to many people, including Wang Weiming and her daughter Wu Chunliu.
Honors & Recognition
She developed the technique of hidden floral patterns within flambe glaze and created a lead-free Jun red glaze, solving the problem of lead poisoning among workers; her new formula for large-piece Langyao red glaze, completed in 1985, won a National Science and Technology Progress Award. Her representative work Jinxiu Heshan Meiping (Prunus Vase of Splendid Rivers and Mountains) and others entered the Ziguangge Pavilion in Zhongnanhai, and Caihong You Yishu Cipan (Rainbow-Glaze Art Porcelain Plate) won a gold award at the 39th Eureka International Invention Exposition.
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