Mai Trung Thu (Vietnam/France, 1906-1980)
L’heure du thé à Hué (Tea Time in Hue)
signed 'MAI THU', dated indistinctly '1937' (lower right)
oil on canvas 70.5 x 99 cm. (27 3/4 x 39 in.)
Painted in 1937

Provenance
Collection of Dr Lê Thai and his wife, France (acquired directly from the artist)
Christie's Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 163
The Philip Ng Collection, Singapore (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2008, lot 709
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited
Singapore Art Museum, Visions & Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings, June-August 2000
Hong Kong, LGDR & Wei, Scenes Of This World: Modern Paintings From Singapore and Vietnam, January-March 2023

Estimate
HKD 2,000,000 – HKD 4,000,000

Price Realised
HKD 4,032,000

Christie’s, The Henderson, Hong Kong
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