Batik painting, 'Beijing Opera Letter Holder'

This handmade letter holder is painted using the ancient art of batik, also known as wax dyeing.  The letter holder features the designs of Beijing Opera face masks.  Two functional pockets can hold your daily mail and bills. 

Beijing Opera combines music, acrobatic dance, and spectacular costumes to tell stories from Chinese history and folklore. Using abstract and symbolic gestures rich in dramatic meaning, actors represent personages from the heroic, divine, and animal worlds, often in martial exploits.  Through the combination of contrasting colors, the face painting shown here reflects the differing natures of each character. 

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Price: $43.99

Dimensions: 13.8in x 19.7in
Weight: 1kg

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Ships from Galleria Pangea China office.


About the artist, Yan Ping

“ I lived near a Miao village.  I became obsessed with Miao ethnic art especially batik at a very young age.  From the Miao village, I met Ani and Akin who were about the same age as me.  The brother and sister came from a very traditional Miao batik craftsman family.  We became very good childhood friends.  We often played hide and seek in their yard for hours.  We grew a little older, we learned the batik making together.  After college, I came back to my hometown, wanting to start a career in batik.  In 1996, three of us formed this batik workshop.  Besides the traditional Miao designs, we also created designs from other Chinese culture influences. We are very proud of what we do, making beautiful artworks using traditional methods that our ancestors had passed on to us.”  Read more...

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