ATELIER DE PH?M H?U (1903-1995)
Rectangular box in lacquered wood with highligh…

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ATELIER DE PH?M H?U (1903-1995)

Rectangular box in lacquered wood with highlights of gold, red lacquered interior, with decor of traditional village, stamp of the atelier on the back 7 x 25 x 35 cm - 2 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.

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ATELIER DE PH?M H?U (1903-1995)

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Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Pham Quang Hau (1903-1994) (atelier de), large polychrome and gold lacquered wooden box decorated with deer, circa 1950 The lid, skilfully lacquered by the artist, reveals a vivid picture of a mysterious jungle. Deer and hinds flourish, grazing among century-old trees and flowering bushes. The color palette, orchestrated by the master lacquerer, is dominated by shades of red, ochre and gold, giving the whole a warm aura. Shades of red evoke the fiery twilight of the jungle, while ochre reveals the richness of the land that shelters the wildlife. Delicately applied touches of gold catch the light and create a magical, refined atmosphere. The sides of the box are lacquered a deep black, the underside adorned with the gold leaf seal of the artist's workshop, with the indication "PHAM HAU MAÎTRE LAQUEUR" . Red lacquered interior. 8 x 17 x 50 cm Provenance : René Gilles, representative of Maison Denis Frères in Haïphong. By descent. Comparison: For an illustrated folding screen with the same decoration, see Le Floc'h sale of 02/17/2019, lot N°59.

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*PHAM HAU (1903-1995) Vertical panel in red lacquer, with polychrome decoration in shades of tan and brown, with eggshell highlights, depicting sailfish moving among aquatic plants and corals, attached to rocks. Signed in Chinese, lower right, above a stylized stamp. Vietnam, 20th century. A VERTICAL LACQUERED PANEL WITH SAIL FISHES, SIGNED PHAM HAU, VIETNAM, 20TH CENTURY. DIM. 135 X 90 CM (53 1/8 X 35 7/16 IN.) PROVENANCE Acquired in Indochina by a relative of the current owner, then working in the Indochinese railway industry. NOTE Pham Hau was a Vietnamese artist and master lacquerer, trained at the Indochina School of Fine Arts in Hanoi, like some of his lacquerer and painter contemporaries, such as Gia Tri, Le Quoc Loc, Le Pho and Maithu, with whom he worked and who, like him, went on to become famous. Born in 1903 into a poor family in the village of Dông Ngac, Ha Dong province, and orphaned at the age of 10, it was through his marriage to a young girl from a wealthy family that he met the artist Nguyen Nam Son, who in 1925 co-founded the École des Beaux-Arts with the Frenchman Victor Tardieu. He joined the fifth graduating class, from 1929 to 1934, where he studied the technique and art of lacquerware with Joseph Inguimberty, a course created in 1928. Inguimberty encouraged students to go beyond the limits of what had hitherto been a local craft with an ancient tradition, and turn it into a modern artistic expression in its own right, at the junction of two cultures, Asian and Western. Indeed, the pictorial and decorative possibilities of this subtle and difficult material, often illuminated by eggshell inlays, seduced Pham Hau, who brought them to their apogee in a whole series of works, panels, furniture and other lacquered objects that would make him internationally renowned. The creation in 1949 of his National School of Craftsmanship, the country's first university of applied art, still active today as the University of Industrial Fine Art, demonstrates his commitment to the development and transmission of his knowledge. The panel presented here draws on the artist's favorite themes. For example, veiled fish are frequently depicted, symbolizing happiness and prosperity, but also, in Buddhism, the freedom of spirit of those who attain enlightenment.

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