Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part II June 30th 2021

16 329 PEASANTS ON A PONTOON ALONG THE ME- KONG RIVER Box, the top adorned Gilt and polychrome lacquer with a dominance of red tones on a black mirror ground on wood Signed and dated on the lower right: “52” for 1952 With an ivory finial and a matching key H: 5,5 cm - L: 25 cm - w: 7 cm Note: For a related panel panel sold at public auc- tion, see Lynda Trouvé, 2020/09/22, lot 265, sold for €38.000. LOTS 327, 328 & 329 TRAN PHUC DUYEN (1923-1993) ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE L’INDOCHINE (INDOCHINA FINE ARTS COLLEGE), 16TH PROMOTION (1942) Tran Phuc Duyen was born in Hanoi in 1913. Fascinated with the art of drawing and painting, he embraced a career in that field, successfully passed the entrance exam of the Ecole des Beaux- Arts d’Indochine (Indochina Fine Arts), from which he majored in lacquerware in 1942, along with major artists such as Jean Volang (1921-). From 1945 to 1954, he was living and working in Hanoi, where he had his studio. He received numerous commands from bourgeois families and French officials. In 1950, three of his lacquers were selected to be gifted to Pope Pius and kept in the Vatican Museum. While in Hanoi, he was a close friends of art- ists like Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988) and Nguyen Tien Chung (1914- 1976), for whom he drew many sketches and whom had a strong in- fluence on his work. In 1954, he moved to Paris, France, where he did study under the direction of Jean Souverbie (1891 - 1981) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Paris School of Fine Arts). In 1961, he had a solo exhibition in Nice, France, with a total of forty lacquer and silk paintings. 327 LOTUS POND Shallow dish, c.1950 Gilt and polychrome lacquer on a mirror black background, on wood Signed to the lower right. D: 28cm Note: For a related lacquer panel see Lynda Trou- vé, 2020/03/18, lot 427, sold for €12.500. 328 THATCHED HOUSE ALONG THE MEKONG RIVER Cigar and music box, the top adorned Gilt and polychrome lacquer on a black mirror ground on wood Signed on the lower right H: 7,5 cm - L: 26 cm - w: 19 cm 324