Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Chinese traditional Craftsmanship - Inside-bottle painting


Inside-bottle painting, is a technique using a tiny paint brush drawing flipped image inside a tiny transparent bottle such as a snuff bottle. The subject are mostly people, animals, floral, and calligraphy. While drawing, the painter has to hold the breath and use precise movements of the wrist. 
Inside-bottle painting nowadays is treated as a diplomatic gift by our country. In the 11th Asian game, the IOC chairman Samaranch was given a special gift which is a bottle with his portrait painted inside. 


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