Traditional New Year painting - Great luck (Vietnamese: Gà Đại Cát)
| Accession Nr.: | 2018.1.5 |
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| Type: | woodblock print |
| Date of production: |
1960s
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| Materials/Techniques: | paper, coloured woodblock print |
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| Dimensions: | height: 35 cm width: 25 cm |
The two characters at the top of the picture, taken in the Đông Hồ workshop in Vietnam, mean "big luck", pronounced the same as "big cock", "big chicken". The picture was sold together with its mirror-symmetrical counterpart, the inscription on the two woodcuts together giving the full good luck message: 'Great fortune welcomes spring' [the spring festival, i.e. the New Year]. The inscription on the picture is a good luck message, but it also brings good luck separately to those born in the year of the rooster.