Liuli Gongfang
LIULI | |
Native name | 琉璃 |
Romanized name | Liúlí Gōngfáng |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Luxury Glass |
Founded | 1987 |
Headquarters | Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan |
Products | Lead Crystal |
Number of employees | 900 |
Website | www.liuliusa.com |
Liuli Gongfang or Liuligongfang (Chinese: 琉璃
Liuligongfang was founded in 1987 by actress Loretta Yang and director Chang Yi.[1] Their name refers to liuli, a form of archaic Chinese glasswork; the founders chose to use the word liuli, rather than the common name for glass, boli (
Works created by Liuli Gongfang have become part of the permanent collection of London's Victoria and Albert Museum as well as the Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City.[3] People First Party chairman James Soong, during his visit to mainland China (the second Taiwanese politician to do so, after that of Lien Chan), presented Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao with a Liuli Gongfang sculpture; Hu gave him Jingde porcelain in return.[4]
Collections around the world
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Liuligongfang art works have been exhibited in Taiwan, Japan, Mainland China, Europe, and United States. Several pieces have become part of the permanent collection of some of the most well known museums. Including The Palace Museum, Beijing, Shanghai Fine Arts Museum, Tsui Museum of Art, HongKong, Medicine Buddha Temple in Nara, Japan, The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C., United States, Victoria and Albert Museum in United Kingdom, Bowers Museum in California, United States.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Loretta Yang: The woman behind the Liuli phenomenon". Culture Express. China Central Television. 2007-04-17. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ a b Freundl, Diana (2005-06-02). "The way of liuli". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ Xu, Wei (2006-01-21). "Transparently animated". East Day. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ "
胡錦濤 贈 宋 景 德 鎮瓷器 宋 回 贈 琉璃工 坊 創作 (Hu Jintao gives Soong Jingde porcelain; Soong gives Liuli Gongfang creation in return)". Eastern Television News (in Chinese). 2005-05-12. Retrieved 2008-01-11.