The Wine Set – Ceramic Underglaze Painting
This handcrafted wine set includes one wine pot, three cups, and a tray, forming a complete ritual ensemble. Both the pot and the tray are shaped after the traditional Chinese gourd, a vessel long associated with Taoist philosophy and the concept of spiritual harmony. The gourd tray's decorative patterns draw inspiration from this same “Taoism” — flowing, cyclical, and full of quiet balance. At the center of the wine pot, a sprayed gradient star glows softly, surrounded by scattered black dots that evoke particles or waves of unseen energy. Delicate red lines run across the surface, painted in a free, fluid rhythm that recalls drifting auspicious cloud motifs while suggesting motion and transformation. The composition embodies both stillness and movement, an echo of the Taoist idea that within every vessel, the void itself gives form its purpose.