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China-Bust 18
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Ah Xian
Chinese, born 1960

China-Bust 18, 1999
Porcelain with copper-red and cobalt-blue underglaze in landscape design

China-Bust 43, 1999
Porcelain with white paste-on-paste on sacrificial blue glaze in dragon and Chinese unicorn design

China-Bust 54, 1999
Porcelain with polychrome enamel overglaze in four deities and four seasons flower scroll design
Purchased 2005

Amalgamating the Western convention of the portrait-bust, thousand-year-old Chinese porcelain production and glazing techniques, and symbolic Chinese motifs, Ah Xian gives form to his own intercultural experience living in Australia. Adorned with motifs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, each unique bust is a portrait of someone known to the artist, which for him serves to “de-deify” the works.