Cliff Lee (1951) was born in Vienna, Austria, where his father was stationed as ambassador. Lee began his education in Taiwan and moved to the United States in 1968 to attend Eastern Mennonite College, where he earned a degree in biology in 1971. He attended medical school in the 1970s at the Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State College, specializing in neurosurgery. After starting work as a physician, and looking to reduce stress after long workdays, Lee enrolled in a ceramics class at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It was there that he found the two passions of his life: studio pottery and his future bride, Holly, a jewelry designer. Lee enrolled in the school’s ceramics master’s program and received his degree in 1976.
From the start, Lee and his wife have sold their own work. Their first gallery was in Arlington, Virginia, followed by the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. They currently live near Stevens, Pennsylvania, and sell work directly from their studio or at major craft shows such as the ACC Baltimore Show, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and the Smithsonian Craft Show. In 1993, President and Mrs. Clinton invited Lee to contribute to the White House Collection of American Crafts, an exhibition that toured the country. Lee’s work is now included in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery; the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; and the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin. He has received numerous awards at craft shows. His work has been exhibited around the world and featured in publications, including Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects (2007) and the subsequent television series.
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Cliff Lee at work
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| Teardrop oxblood glazed porcelain vase 1980-99 |
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| Teardrop oxblood glazed porcelain vase 1980-99 |
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| Teardrop blue glazed porcelain lava vase 1980-99 |
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| Teardrop blue glazed porcelain vase 1980-99 |
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| Bottle Vase with Lemon Yellow Glaze 1982 |
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Celadon and oxblood vases 1983-85
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| Celadon Catfish Dish with Lid 1987 |
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| Imperial Yellow Dish with Pedestal 1988 |
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| Two Vasescirca porcelain 1988 |
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| Fine porcelain vase on stand carved with peaches, celadon glaze 1991 |
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| Cabbage Vase on a Pedestal 1993 |
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| Celadon Peach with Pedestal 1994 |
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| Imperial yellow teardrop vase 1994 |
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Tea Dust (Temuko) vase, and two oxblood-glazed vases 1995
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Celadon Glazed Porcelain Vessel on Stand 1996
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| Pottery vase 1997 |
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| Celedon porcelain vase with budding stem 1999 |
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| Celedon porcelain vase with budding stem (Detail) 1999 |
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| Oxblood Teardrop 2000 |
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| Teardrop Trio 2001-04 |
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| White Lava Glaze Bowl 2002 |
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| Fine vase with lotus flowers and dragonflies, Celanon glaze 2007 |
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| Double Dragon with Inlaid Ruby Eyes 2009 |
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| Chun Blue Trio 2011 |
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| Lava Vessels 2012 |
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| Teardrop Trio 2012 |
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| A group of imperial yellow-glazed gourds 2013 |
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| Imperial Yellow trio 2014 |
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| Pond Study I 2014 |
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| Pond Study II 2014 |
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| Tear Drop with Oxblood Flambe 2014 |
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| Celadon Porcelain. |
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| Nut Vase |
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| Melon Vase |
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| Studio pottery vase |
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