Bat Trang is putting the finishing touches onto a number of giant - and expensive - pottery products just in time for Tet.
Many well-to-do families are making their way to the pottery village of Bat Trang, in the Gia Lam district, Hanoi to order impressive pottery for the holiday. It is hoped that these elaborate products will bring good luck to the buyers in the New Year.
Craftsman To Thanh Son said that nowadays some rich families shun normal pottery during Tet, instead opting for objects that are large and expensive for prominent display on the ancestral alter.
One man from Ha Dong district of Hanoi put down a deposit of VND50 million (USD2,500) for a set of such objects, says Son.
Among Son’s flashiest objects is a joss-stick bowl worth USD4,000, which took between three and four months to for him to complete.
Some images from Bat Trang village:
Joss-stick bowl priced at VND20 million
Replica of Nguyen Dynasty plate: over VND6 million
A censer: USD4,000
A pair of light stands going for USD4,000
Pottery can reach into the tens of millions VND
Craftsman To Thanh Son shows off an especially expensive piece
Little Tet lions
Custom made pottery
