Nguyen Gia Tri (1908-1993)
Bateaux dans la baie d'Halong (Fishing Boats in Ha Long Bay)
signed and dated 'Ng Tri 60' (lower right)
lacquer on panel
37 x 45 cm. (14 5⁄8 x 17 3⁄4 in.)
Executed in 1960

Provenance
Private collection, Vietnam (commissioned from the artist)
Private collection, USA (acquired from the above in 1982)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2009, lot 134
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Estimate
HKD 400,000 – HKD 600,000

Price Realised
HKD 504,000

Christie’s, The Henderson, Hong Kong
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