The creator, Chu Chen-yu, is a prominent artist in the field of wood-fired ceramic art. He has been devoted to the research of wood-fired ceramic art techniques for the past ten years. Both his “Doll Series – Gentle and Meek” and “Red Sun” were selected in the Exposition Internationale d’Arts d’Orient et d’Arts Occident de Paris and 2014 Louvre Museum-China Art Treasures Exhibition at Carrousel du Louvre. Bringing ceramic art of Taiwan to the international stage, Chu is truly the pride of Taiwan!

This auction item, “Doll Series – Happy Couples”, is produced by wood firing and integrated with the creator’s fully-developed techniques. The art work simply expresses the artist’s wish that there be more happy couples in a world with a rapidly rising divorce rate. The image of a happy couple implies that a harmonious world comes from happy couples treating each other with respect and mutual understanding. This auction item also corresponds to the Chinese legend that Nuwa created mankind from clay.