The highly prized works by the lacquer artist, a graduate and teacher at the Hanoi School of Fine Arts, are meeting with success at auction and breaking world records.
Nguyen Gia Tri (1908-1993), Village Girls Among Banana Trees, 1937, six-leaf polychrome and gold lacquered wood screen, each panel 99.5 to 100 x 32.5 cm/39.17 to 39.37 x 12.79 in.
Result: €1,004,400