29 mars 2008
"Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta" à la Freer Gallery of Art, Washington
Wide-mouthed jar with inlaid decoration. Vietnam, Red River Delta. Tran dynasty, 13th–14th century. Stoneware with ivory and iron-brown glazes. Purchase; Funds provided by the Docents of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the normalization of relations between Vietnam and the United States, this installation of 22 works reflects recent scholarship linking Vietnamese ceramics in the Freer collection with 12th- to 16th-century production centers in the Red River delta in northern Vietnam.
The exhibition—the first major presentation of the Freer's Vietnamese ceramics collection—supplies new understanding of the sources and dates of these works, and highlights their ties to major recent archaeological projects. Works on view include some originally thought by Freer founder Charles Lang Freer to be Japanese, as well as a unique glazed stoneware pillow in the shape of a tortoise that was a gift to the gallery from Dean Frasche. A bowl thought to be Chinese when it was acquired in 1929, but now identified as identical to bowls excavated from the 15th-century layer of the Thang Long citadel site in Hanoi, is also on view.
Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution. Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW. Washington, D.C.
Les Bui Xuân Phai de la vente de peintures vietnamiennes chez Sotheby's HK du 8 avril 2008
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - STREET SCENE
signed and dated '82 lower left - oil on canvas laid on cardboard - 58.5 by 80cm.; 23 by 31½in. - Estimate: 150,000—200,000 HKD
Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - HOUSES
signed and dated '68 lower right - oil on canvas - 66 by 78.5cm.; 26 by 30¾in - 125,000—150,000 HKD
Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - CHEO ACTORS
signed and dated '84 lower left - lacquer on panel - 50 by 64.5cm.; 19½ by 25¼in - 400,000—500,000 HKD
Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - TWO CHEO MUSICIANS
signed lower right; dated xi 1981 lower left - lacquer on panel - 15.5 by 25.5cm.; 6 by 10in - 75,000—100,000 HKD
Provenance:
Formerly in the Collection of Tham Vo Hoang, Paris
Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - VILLAGE
signed and dated 1956 lower right - oil on canvas - 58 by 91cm.; 22¾ by 35¾in - 100,000—125,000 HKD
Provenance: Private Collection of Mr Philip Ng, Singapore
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - PORTRAIT DE M. TRAN THINH
signed and dated '71 lower right- oil on canvas - 78.5 by 56cm.; 30¾ by 22¼in - 200,000—300,000 HKD
Provenance: Tham Thi Don Thu, widow of the model
Exhibited: 1988, Artist's Exhibition, Art and Literature Association of Hanoi, 19 Hang Bûon Street
Literature: Nguyen Quang Phong, The Fine Arts College of Indochina and Vietnamese Painting, Hanoi, 1993, n°64
Nguyen Quang Phong, Painters of the Fine Arts College of Indochina, Hanoi, 1997, n°55.
BUI XUAN PHAI (1920-1988) - ACTEURS DU CHEO/ NUE/ FEMME À SA TOILETTE
signed lower right - executed circa 1970 - signed and dated '88 lower right/ signed and dated '83 upper right - oil on board/ gouache on newspaper/ gouache on newspaper - oil on canvas - 45 by 62cm.; 17¾ by 24¼in./ 42.5 by 29cm.; 16¾ by 11¼in./ 42.5 by 57cm.; 16¾ by 22¼in. - 150,000—200,000 HKD
Provenance: Private Collection, France
Sotheby's HK. An Important Collection of Vietnamese Paintings Featuring The Philip Ng Collection. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing). Tue, 08 Apr 08 8:00 PM