I’d like to purchase a handmade replica as a birthday gift for my boyfriend. A “handmade, museum-quality reproduction” painting sounds a little bit too good to be true, so I’m worried this might be a scam.
I’d like to purchase a handmade replica as a birthday gift for my boyfriend. A “handmade, museum-quality reproduction” painting sounds a little bit too good to be true, so I’m worried this might be a scam.
You’re talking about Dafen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWd9nnaDL3M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafen_Village
Looks like it still exists, but I heard info that they closed a lot down in the recent years. Although it’s second-hand info, so take it with a grain of salt
Here’s a good, short podcast episode about it. https://pca.st/episode/5fe9cbac-1123-4a35-806c-7310195b3937
Nice, you found it!
There’s probably another one somewhere poorer yet that’s stealing their thunder. China has developed to the point where workers can do more specialist things and so can charge more.