The auction’s highlight is Les Rapides de Cho Bo, a six-panel lacquer screen with gold highlights, painted in 1942 by Le Quoc Loc. The artwork is estimated to fetch €400,000 ($396,000), the highest price of the lot.
ADB Country Director Andrew Jeffries has talked on the recent interest rate hike by the State Bank of Vietnam in the context of the Fed, ECB and a number of countries raising their rates to curb inflation.
A variety of rural Vietnamese landscapes are vividly portrayed in lacquer paintings by late painter Le Quoc Loc (1918-1987), an alumnus of the Indochina College of Fine Arts. - VnExpress International
Eight Vietnamese artworks went under the hammer for millions of dollars at various international auction houses this year, marking increasing acknowledgement of artistic talent in the country. - VnExpress International