Among the more than 5,000 Beijing Winter Olympics licensed goods in 16 categories, the only one selected as an official gift for the Olympic family and the International Paralympic Committee is the white porcelain "Wenjun Bottle".
To meet the needs of the public, the licensed goods of the Winter Olympics should also leave artworks belonging to the host city. "In English, the word CHINA refers to both China and ceramics, and the pure and warm texture of white porcelain coincides with the elements of the winter Olympic ice and snow." Bai Ming, director of the Ceramic Art Department of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, is the creator of "Wenjun Bottle", and the slender bottle body and flowing lines of the work echo with the elegant, dexterous and rhythmic shape of ice and snow sports, just like a beautiful dance of life.
Among them, the "Winter Olympics Wenjun Bottle" bottle body relief Winter Olympic Emblem, darkly engraved with 24 vertical lines, refers to the 24th Winter Olympic Games; "Winter Paralympic Wenjun Bottle" bottle body relief Winter Paralympic Emblem, Yang carved 13 vertical lines, referring to the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, the two works complement each other. The lines of the carved line and the yang carving form a lotus petal shape at the bottom, implying harmony and auspiciousness.
In the view of Chen Lihua, former vice president of the Palace Museum, the "Wenjun Bottle" is based on the traditional Chinese plum bottle type for innovation, with the artistic characteristics of white as snow, moist as jade, and transparent as silk. "It perfectly combines traditional Chinese culture and Olympic spirit, with subtle and elegant oriental beauty, ancient and ancient, innovative and not departing from the sect, giving us a very beautiful visual experience."
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