In addition to the aesthetic value, Vietnamese paintings have been bought for millions of US dollars at international auctions which have made investors pay attention to them in recent years.
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.
The painting Vietnamese Lady by late Vietnamese painter Le Pho (1907-2001) will be part of the Hong Kong-based Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Auction which is slated for August 28 in Singapore.
MorningStar in the U.S., Giorgio Auctions in Hungary and Bonhams in the U.K. are the three latest foreign auction houses suspected of selling fake Vietnamese paintings. - VnExpress International