Vietnamese Water Puppets-Traditional Folk Art-Water Puppet Art-Beautiful Vietnamese Water Puppets

They are made out of wood and lacquer in Vietnam. Each big puppet is a beautiful wood scuplture and painting work. They all have the signature of the artist. See more and learn about the Vietnamese Water Puppets Art.

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Vietnamese Water Puppets-Traditional Folk Art-Water Puppet Art-Beautiful Vietnamese Water Puppets - Big Water Puppets
These water puppets all hand made and singed by the artist. Unique!!
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	Holy Dancer 1
	Holy Dancer 2
Vietnamese Water Puppets-Traditional Folk Art-Water Puppet Art-Beautiful Vietnamese Water Puppets - Water Puppets
They were scuptured by the vietnamese water puppet master, Nguyen Quoc Hung. The puppets are painted after well polished by lacquer paint which is waterproof and very provocative. The character figures are exquisite. There is a string in the back to make the puppets move. Each puppet has its own character and function.
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	Cheerful Guy	The special making process made this puppet having an ancient look. This guy is a cheerful guy in village festivals or in parades. He has two bells on his hands. The puppet and accessories are all han
	Fishing Man
	Girl with Basket	This puppet (9 inches high) is a beautiful artwork. The puppet is painted after well polished by vietnamese lacquer paint which is very provocative and water proof.
	Holy Dancer
	Musician	The special making process made this puppet having an ancient look. Very beautiful!!!
	Old Woman Catching Fish	This is a puppet of an old woman catching fish with a bamboo basket. Her hair style and outfit are very interesting!!! The artist used the special paint to make her look antique.
	WP10
	WP5	Northen Girl
	WP7	Fishing Man

These puppets are all hand made and hand painted in Vietnam. Each puppet has different function. The old water puppets are special because they all have ages and performant histories. They have been in the shows in many countries. We accept special orders for old water puppets. The big water puppets are mady of solid wood and covered by lacquer. Each big puppet is a beautiful wood scuplture and painting work. They all have the signature of the artist. Vietnamese water puppetry has a long history. An inscription on a stone stele in Doi pagoda, Duy Tien district, Nam Ha province, relates in 4036 words a water-puppet show staged in the year 1121 to mark a birth anniversary of King Ly Nhan Tong. Vietnamese water puppetry is an age-old typical and traditional art, closely bound to rural culture and agricultural civilization of rice planting of Vietnamese peasants. In water-puppet (marinonette sur l'eau) shows there is a very effective combination of the visual effects provided by fire, water, and the movements of the puppets. Under the surface of the water is concealed the whole control system of the show. Calm and serene when fairy figures appear on it to sing and dance, it is agitated by stormy waves in scenes of battle with the participation of fire-spitting dragons. In the art of water-puppetry one should note the many contributions of such handicrafts as wood sculpture and lacquer work. They all work together to bring out charming glimpses of the Vietnamese psyche as well as typical landscapes of Vietnam Modern, water puppetry is performed in a pool of water with the water surface being the stage. The puppeteers stand behind a screen and control the puppets using long bamboo rods and string mechanism hidden beneath the water surface. The puppets are carved out of wood and very heavy. A traditional Vietnamese orchestra provides background music accompaniment. Singers of Cheo (a form of opera) with origin in north Vietnam sing songs which tell the story being acted out by the puppets. The theme of the skits is rural and has a strong reference to Vietnamese folklore. It tells of day-to-day living in rural Vietnam and Vietnamese folk tales that are told by grandparents to their grandchildren. Stories of the harvest, of fishing and of festivals are highlighted. Legends and national history are also told through short skits. Many of the skits, especially those involving the tales of day-to-day living, often have a humorous twist.


Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings		Lacquer is a famous ancient trade of the Vietnamese. It takes a lot of works to make a lacquer painting. Please see the description below for the lacquer making process.
Vietnamese Embroidery Paintings		These embroidery paintings are bought directly from the artists in the rural villages of northern Vietnam where they are made. Each piece takes a great deal of time to complete. Our large embroidery paintings for example may take over one month for a single artist to finish. We hand pick only the most beautiful silk embroidery artwork having the highest thread count, the most exquisite colors and meeting strict quality standards.
Flower Embroidery Paintings		These beautiful flower paintings are hand embroidered on the black fabric. Many fine tiny threads to form the flowers with the natural beauty and stunning colors.
Vietnamese Ceramic Tile Paintings		They are handpainted on ceramic material. After painting, the pictures were put into the kiln and were burned with high temperature. This process makes the color last forever. All ceramic paintings come with a beautiful handmade wooden frame which easily mounts on the wall.
Water Color Paintings		These beautiful watercolor paintings are created by Thuy Quyen an up and coming artist in southern Vietnam. She has signed each painting and each is mounted on a thin white matt. The dimensions listed are for the painting itself.
Vietnamese Silk Paintings		Silk painting art is famous in Asia. In Vietnam, the painting is made on the silk canvas. The delicate white color found in the sky, water or human portraits, is the color of silk. Colors and silk background give the paintings such an harmony with the nature.
Water Puppets		They are made out of wood and lacquer in Vietnam. Each big puppet is a beautiful wood scuplture and painting work. They all have the signature of the artist. See more and learn about the Vietnamese Water Puppets Art.
Lacquerware
Special Items		This category is for special items which have never been in America. These items have special vietnamese cultural aspects. They represent the vietnamese cultural life from a very common thing like playing card, transport vehicles to the original artwork. They are the vivid images of Vietnam and vietnamese life.
Vietnamese Traditional Masks		They are made by vietnamese traditional material: bamboo, coconut, and lacquer. They are different figures and have different emotions. The masks are painted by the make-up styles of vietnamese traditional theatre. Each one expresses an emotion of one character. Each one is unique and we only have one of each item. Great for collectors!!!
Silk Scarves and Fans		They are beautiful scarves imported from China and Hongkong. We have a variety of designs and colors which are fitted to your outfits for four seasons. They are extremly soft to touch your skin and very elegant.
Vietnamese Traditional Silk Lanterns		Old bamboo is soaked ten-day in salt water against wormhole and moth, then dried and sharped as the size of lantern. Cloth must be silken or nylon and must be tough enough for stretching. It sounds simple but The lantern making process requires the good skills and a lot of patience.
Dong Ho Paintings		The background of the paintings is hand made from the bark of a tree called Dzo. The bark of Dzo is stored in the water for months, then grounded grounded and mixed with sea shell. See more...
Vietnamese Bamboo Paintings		These paintings are made by bamboo, a typical vietnamese material. The Ensemble Bamboo Paintings are made of many pieces of bamboo on the natural bamboo fine sticks background, while the Smoked Bamboo Paintings are made by using knife scraping on the backrounds.
Vietnamese Traditional Musical Instruments		They are the musical instruments for some vietnamese traditional music. some of them are the belong to the vietnamese ecthic minority groups. They are original folk music instrument.
Stone and Wooden Boxes
Hand Carved Stone Statues
Ceramics		Tea pots and plates hand made in Vietnam.
Vietnamese Porcelain Dolls		These dolls They are wearing the traditional vietnamese outfits. They are all hand made in Vietnam, and really cute!!!
Authenthic Vietnamese Puppets		These puppets are all hand made of fabric. Especially their figures and their clothes are exquisite. It is a great educational and entertained art for children. Puppets are also the great toys for aldults.