4-ways bell

Ceramic bell illustrating the Vietnamese proverb “A sick person has to bow in all four directions".

A well-known Vietnamese proverb states: ‘Có bệnh thì vái tứ phương’ (‘a sick person has to bow in all four directions), meaning one must try to do whatever they can to solve a problem. This artwork illustrates the proverb elegantly with four figurines bowing in different poses and facing all four cardinal directions.

Dimension: height 60cm, width 32cm
Technique: hand pottering, embossing
Color: brown

Photo by Le Lai