土龍木市應用美術學院

The work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of faint scratches on the gold background near the largest palm tree (top left quadrant), other wise the paint layers are healthy. The colours appear brighter and deeper than those illustrated on the catalogue. Framed.
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The codification of identity and Vietnam’s visual art would later evolve again, moving toward a different kind of idealism. However the admiration and respect for the old master lacquer painters stemmed in part from a kinship between generations that is best characterized through creativity, inventiveness and tolerance – qualities fundamental to lacquer painting”.

Shireen Naziree, From Craft to Art- Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings: Including Works from the Collection of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Thavibu Gallery Col. Ltd., Bangkok, 2013, pg. 13.