Studio: Steal the Plane 偷飞机去 Series: “Occupation”

Material: Porcelain

Technique: Underglaze blue + overglaze decal (lead-free)

Height: 2.7 cm Diameter: 26.5 cm The Wutong pattern is one of Jingdezhen's most enduring Qinghua (blue-and-white) compositions. Its imagery derives from Wang Bo's celebrated Tang Dynasty poem describing the Pavilion of Prince Teng: clouds drifting above the southern shore, rain rolling down from the western hills. Over centuries, the pattern evolved into one of the defining decorative motifs of Jingdezhen's state-owned porcelain factories, produced on an enormous scale throughout the twentieth century.

Tian Wei's intervention is direct. The Occupation mark cuts across the classical composition, breaking its rhythm without erasing it. What remains is a plate that holds two eras in tension: the ordered beauty of tradition and the deliberate disruption of a contemporary artist working inside that same tradition.

Underglaze cobalt Qinghua, fired in a high-temperature reduction kiln. Overglaze lead-free transfer applied in a secondary low-temperature firing.