Artisan restores ancient pottery craft
Artisan Pham Van Vang from Bach Lien village has been known for his efforts to revive the local Bo Bat pottery craft, an art which had been lost for around ten centuries.
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Bo Bat pottery village strongly developed during the tenth century (Photo: VNA)
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After the royal capital was moved from Hoa Lu (now Ninh Binh) to Thang Long (now Hanoi) in 1010, many families in the village also moved and settled in the riverside area, forming what has become the famous Bat Trang pottery village (Photo: VNA)
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Artisan Pham Van Vang has nurtured the idea of restoring the ancient local Bo Bat pottery craft since 2017 (Photo: VNA)
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High quality and durableness of Bo Bat pottery products are favoured by customers (Photo: VNA)
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He has successfully brought Bo Bat pottery products to both domestic and international markets (Photo: VNA)
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