A collection of 100 ceramic vases with Vietnamese dragon sculptures has just been introduced by the Thousand Years of Vietnamese Ceramics Center at Bat Trang craft village (Gia Lam district, Hanoi).
"Artisans have restored and revived the image of the Vietnamese dragon through thousands of years of history. The works have dragons in the shape of the Ly, Tran, Le and Nguyen dynasties. This Long Phi Van Hoi collection is inspired by the image of the Vietnamese dragon, also wishing for a new year of Giap Thin when the carp turns into a dragon," said Dr. Nguyen Truong Giang (Center for Imperial Citadel Research).
Dragon and cloud patterns are embossed on the body of the vase.
The ceramic works in the Vietnamese dragon-shaped Long Phi Van Hoi collection have a strict creation process. Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh, General Director of the Thousand-Year Vietnamese Ceramic Center, said that each vase has a production process of about 30 days.
First, an artisan will shape the vase. Then, another artisan will carve the dragon on the vase. The next step of glazing is done by another artisan… "We standardize the process. The artisan who is best at a particular job will take charge of that step. Usually, the shaping part is done by experienced artisans, while the Vietnamese dragon carving part is the strength of young artisans trained at art schools," said Mr. Thanh.
During the creation process, the artisans also consulted many Vietnamese dragon models in the way that the ancients did. They also received advice from historical and archaeological researchers such as Dr. Nguyen Truong Giang. "We want to create based on ancient models. But we also create because now many techniques and the type of glaze used are no longer the same as before," said Mr. Thanh.
The work recalls the time when we had many bustling ceramic centers in the past.
The goal of the Thousand Years of Vietnamese Ceramics Center, as Mr. Thanh shared, is to produce more and more works that have the spirit and quintessence of ancient ceramics. These unique works will then spread to families, so that from there, more and more people will love ancient ceramics.
"We just look at traditional costumes. In recent years, many people have been making and restoring traditional costumes. And the number of people wearing traditional costumes has also increased. We also want that, we want more and more people to display works of ancient Vietnamese ceramics with Vietnamese dragon images in their homes," said Mr. Thanh.
Brown flower ceramic work in the Thang Long Dawn collection
Fortunately, Mr. Thanh is not alone in his journey to create ancient ceramic models. He also has the excellent artisan Pham Dat and director Hoang Cong Cuong working side by side on the journey to find and revive ancient capital.
In addition to the dragon image, his unit wants to focus on research and production to restore the brown-flowered ceramic line. This pure Vietnamese ceramic line was created and developed brilliantly under the Ly - Tran dynasties. The Thousand-Year Vietnamese Ceramic Center wants to bring brown-flowered ceramics into contemporary spaces, becoming national cultural gifts.
"We hope that these unique brown ceramic products will evoke the golden memories of Dai Viet civilization and can also be used as gifts on important occasions, especially foreign affairs," said Mr. Thanh.
In this exhibition of the vase collection with the image of the Vietnamese dragon Long Phi Van Hoi , the Thousand Years of Vietnamese Ceramics Center also introduces a collection of brown flower ceramics called Binh Minh Thang Long . If Long Phi Van Hoi has 100 works, Binh Minh Thang Long has about 30 works. These are all unique works and are evaluated by experts as having sophistication. It also evokes the appeal of the ceramic centers of Bat Trang, Hoang Thanh Thang Long, and Chu Dau in the past.
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