COLLECTION OF CLIFF LEE CELADON PORCELAIN VESSELS,Vienna, Austria (Born 1951). Active US & Taiwan. Signed. Comprised of a covered box with carp motif, a bowl, a knife-edged bowl on stand and three drinking vessels. All with incised signatures, one dated '99.
Lee gained prominence through his inclusion in the 1993 White House Collection of American Crafts, which was curated by Michael Monroe, who was then the director of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. Lee's work is now included in the permanent collections of several museums, including the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Peabody Essex Museum, among others. - Bowl measuring 10 1/2" diameter. Estimate $800-1,000