我认识刘家父子,是先认识瓷都艺坛上的釉上粉彩花鸟画家刘雨岑先生,而后才认识其独子刘平这位既继承父业又具有创新精神的江西省工艺美术大师。这两代人均与号称“中国瓷都”的景德镇有缘,1994年被当地市人民政府授予“陶瓷世家”。可惜的是,刘雨岑先生过早地离开人间,若不是“文革”那场大劫难夺去了老人的生命,也许他还会延续到现在为人类瓷艺事业作出更大的贡献。 I know Liu and his son, who first met the glazed pastel flower-and-bird painter Liu Yu-cen on the art arena in Porcelain before he realized his only son, Liu Ping, a master of arts and crafts in Jiangxi Province who inherits his father’s career and is innovative. These two generations are associated with Jingdezhen, known as the “China Porcelain Capital,” and was awarded the “Ceramic Family” by the local people’s government in 1994. Unfortunately, Mr. Liu Yutun left the world prematurely. If it is not the “Cultural Revolution” that catastrophe took the lives of the elderly, maybe he will continue to make greater contribution to the cause of human porcelain now.