Traditional New Year picture - Tod sue each other (Vietnames: Trê Cóc Kiện Nhau)
Accession Nr.: | 86.30.10 |
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Type: | woodblock print |
Date of production: |
second half of the 20th century
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Place of production: |
Materials/Techniques: | paper, coloured woodblock print |
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Dimensions: | height: 22 cm width: 34 cm |
The image, made in the Đông Hồ workshop in Vietnam, vividly depicts a story from the pen of an unknown author, in which a toad lays its eggs in a pond, which another animal (Trê) then tries to raise. A dispute over tadpoles is brought before a large fish.