Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnam, 1920-1988)
Acteurs du Cheo (Cheo Actors)
signed 'Phai' (lower left)
lacquer on panel
31.6 x 45.8 cm. (12 1⁄2 x 18 in.)
Executed in 1983-1984

Provenance
Collection of Pham Tuy, Hanoi
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature
A. Mashadi (ed.) and R.L. Keong (ed.), Visions & Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings, exh. cat., Singapore Art Museum, 2000 (illustrated, plate 72, p. 217).

Exhibited
Singapore Art Museum, Visions & Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings, June-August 2000.

Estimate
HKD 400,000 – HKD 600,000

Price Realised
HKD 441,000

Christie’s, The Henderson, Hong Kong
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