Batik Painting, 'Bull Fight Letter Holder'

This hand-painted batik letter holder presents the image of two young Miao dressed in traditional festival clothes, playing the Lu Sheng and dancing around a bonfire. Two strong bulls go head to head below the dancing young men. This is the common scene from traditional festivals of the Miao ethnic people; bull fights are very popular among that ethnicity.  However, unlike the Western practice, the bulls are not killed at the end of the fight: they are pitted against each other in a show of strength.  The winner is determined after one of the combatants falls down or runs away.  The two pockets on the bottom can keep your letters and bills organized. 

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Price: $23.45

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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