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64 Paysage de la région du delta - Landscape of the delta river Lacquer cigar box with gilt against a red ground Signed on the lower right of the lid H: 6,7 cm - L: 26,6 cm - width: 12,5 cm Provenance: A private collection of Vietnamese Art, French Riviera, France. Notes: 1. Tran Phuc Duyen was born in Hanoi in 1913. Fascinated by the arts of drawing and painting, he embraced a career in that field and successfully passed the entrance exam of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts d’Indochine (Indochina Fine Arts College), from which he graduated in lacquerware, 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 friend of artists such as Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988) and Nguyen Tien Chung (1914-1976), for whom he drew many sketches and who had a strong influence on his work. In 1954, he moved to Paris, France, where he studied 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. 2. This box’s lacquer style and tones is typical of the art of Tran Phuc Duyen and is related with, inter alia, a panel recently sold at public auction by LYNDA TROUVE, 2020-09-22, lot 265, sold for €38,000. €3,000 - €5,000 La Moyenne Région (du Nord Vietnam, Tonkin) - The Middle Region (of North Vietnam, Tonkin) Lacquered wooden shallow dish with gilt against a red ground Not signed D: 30,5 cm Provenance: A private collection of Vietnamese Art, French Riviera, France. Notes: 1. This impressive work may be linked with a major lacquered wooden panel sold at CHRISTIE’S, a common work by these two artists, students of Joseph Inguimberty (1896-1971) in the lacquer section of the Ecole des Beaux Arts de l’Indochine as well as close friends. See CHRISTIE’S Hong Kong, China, 2017-05-28, lot 325, sold for €549,320. 2. Please find below an abstract of the lot essay written by expert Jean-François Hubert, senior consultant at CHRIS- TIE’S, for the above-mentioned panel, that may also fit our shallow dish: ‘The execution of a joint work, might not be unique, but it certainly remains exceptional. In 1942, these two artists were in full force and at the peak of their talent. In this work, they both related the same way to this majestic and mysterious mountainous Tonkin, which Victor Tardieu and Joseph Inguimberty always encouraged students of the Beaux Arts to go admire. The sugar loaf moun- tains, such as those found in this region are magnified, as well as the vegetation, by an abundant use of gold lacquer in contrast to the rather dark atmosphere of the rice fields.’ €10,000 - €15,000 TR Ầ N PHÚC DUYÊN (1894-1989) ATTRIBUTED TO HOÀNG TÍCH CHU & NGUYÊN TIÊN CHUNG ⒸDR ⒸDR ⒸDR