This hand-cast mud sculpture pig is painted with colorful designs.  Pink peony flowers and Chinese coins represent luck and wealth. The artist gives the pig bigger eyes and rounder head to make the boar looks more pleasant and lovable.

The pigs always have food to eat and they don’t need to work in the field. Thus, in Chinese culture, pigs represent wealth and relaxed life style. People even believe that being born in the year of zodiac boar will bless the new born a very fortunate life. Read more...