LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and gouache on silk

Measurements:

36.42 in. (92.50 cm.) (height) by 22.44 in. (57.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'To ngoc Van 1932'; inscribed in Chinese (upper left)

Exhibited:

Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, Visions and Enchantment, South East Asian Paintings, June - August 2000. Morlanwelz, Belgium, Musee Royal de Mariemont, La fleur du pecher et l'oiseau d'azur, April – August 2002.

Literature:

Singapore Art Museum, Visions and Enchantment, South East Asian Paintings, Singapore, 2000. (Illustrated, p. 126 and p.129, colourplate 32). Musee Royal de Mariemont, La fleur du pecher et l'oiseau d'azur, exh. cat., Morlanwelz, Belgium, 2002 (illustrated, p. 168).

Provenance:

Agence Economique de l'Indochine (AGINDO), Paris Private Collection, Paris, 1993 Anon. Sale, Sotheby's Singapore, 6 April 2003, lot 110 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Collection of Mr Tuan H Pham, California, USA