Traditional New Year painting: Herd of Yin-Yang pigs (Vietnamese Đàn lợn âm dương)
| Accession Nr.: | 86.30.6 |
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| Type: | woodblock print |
| Date of production: |
second half of the 20th century
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| Materials/Techniques: | paper, coloured woodblock print |
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| Dimensions: | height: 26 cm width: 36 cm |
The painting, made in the Ðông Hồ workshop in Vietnam, shows a purple pig with five colourful piglets. The mother sow and her offspring all bear colourful yin-yang signs on their sides. The image is a wish for abundant harvest and happy life and prosperity, and is one of the most popular subjects of folk woodcuts for the Tết (Lunar New Year) celebration.