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Hutsul Wood Vase ~ Vintage

CAD $200.00

This beautiful Hutsul Wood Vase ~ Vintage is perfect for offerings. For many centuries the Hutsuls in western Ukraine carved various wooden items. They are famous for their Wood carving (різблення художне; rizblennia khudozhne). Creating wooden plates, spoons, bowls, canes, furniture, cards, sleds, gates, beams, gables and decorated them with designs. Richly carved crosses and three-armed candlesticks played an important role in family and religious rituals.

The ornamentation of Hutsul wood carving is flat-carved and geometric. It is often enriched with inlays of coloured wood, bone, metal wire, mother-of-pearl, and beads. In central and eastern Ukraine, folk designs are flat-carved with mostly geometric (rosettes, zigzags, and semicircles) and occasional floral motifs. The incisions are deeper, and the relief is higher.

Hand made by Hutsul master wood carvers from the Carpathian Mountains

Purchased in the 90’s in Galicia, Ukraine.

Vintage

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Weight 750 g
Dimensions 30 × 10 × 10 cm

Description

This beautiful Hutsul Wood Vase ~ Vintage is perfect for offerings. For many centuries the Hutsuls in western Ukraine carved various wooden items. They are famous for their Wood carving (різблення художне; rizblennia khudozhne). Creating wooden plates, spoons, bowls, canes, furniture, cards, sleds, gates, beams, gables and decorated them with designs. Richly carved crosses and three-armed candlesticks played an important role in family and religious rituals.

The ornamentation of Hutsul wood carving is flat-carved and geometric. It is often enriched with inlays of coloured wood, bone, metal wire, mother-of-pearl, and beads. In central and eastern Ukraine, folk designs are flat-carved with mostly geometric (rosettes, zigzags, and semicircles) and occasional floral motifs. The incisions are deeper, and the relief is higher.

Hand made by Hutsul master wood carvers from the Carpathian Mountains

Purchased in the 90’s in Galicia, Ukraine.

Vintage