Several months before Tet, some people paid visits to traditional ceramic villages to order special ceramic items for Tet

Artisan To Thanh Son from Hanoi’s Bat Trang ceramic village told VietNamNet that besides popular products as flower vases and pots, tea-sets, dishes, statues, etc. Bat Trang artisans also make objects for worship to serve rich people. These products are specially designed according to customers’ requests.

Son said that a man from Ha Dong district in Hanoi ordered a censer, a par of lotus vases and a pair of worshipping lamps totaling VND50 million ($2500). A provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism ordered a censer worth VND50 million. All of these products imitate ancient designs and they are handmade by senior artisans.

 VietNamNet takes pictures of special ceramic products for Tet, at Bat Trang village:

A censer worth over $1000.

Plate with patterns of the Nguyen dynasty, priced over $300.

A censer of $4000.

A pair of candlesticks of $4000

Lime-pot of over $1000.

 This jar is worth over VND1 billion ($50,000).

Artisan To Thanh Son spent one year to make it.

 Big pairs of lion’s whelps.

A pair of vases featuring eight fairies.

Thu Ly