For artist, Liling's porcelain is glazed to perfection

Melding the traditional and the modern, painter breathes new life into old art

When Kwan Lan arrived in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, a decade ago and saw the exquisite glazed painted porcelain produced in Liling city, she was amazed.

"I immediately fell in love with the gorgeous colors of the glazed painted porcelain," said the artist from Taiwan.

Originally born into a family of artists in Hong Kong in 1953, Kwan moved from Taipei to Liling in Hunan and opened a studio to learn about glazed painted porcelain, and how to make it.