A more modern touch for an ancient craft

As a sensible artist and practical businessman, Zhong Liansheng provides alternative roads for Beijing's traditional enamelware. He is known for his innovative and conceptual designs.

In Zhong's prized work Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, each of the four vases represents different seasons, not only with different colors but also with different shapes and designs.

"Winter comes abruptly, which explains the sudden end of the vase, while spring is mellow and gradual; I represent that in the flowing shape," Zhong said.