VIETNAM, 20th CENTURY - Lot 43

VIETNAM, 20th CENTURY A red-brown lacquer baluster vase decorated with deer in a bamboo forest and mountainous landscape. A red-brown lacquer baluster vase decorated with deer in a bamboo forest and mountainous landscape. H 28 cm - H 11 in. PROVENANCE : Collection of Colonel René Boutteçon A career military officer, Colonel Boutteçon was sent to Vietnam as an engineer battalion commander to supervise a number of French infrastructure projects. He spent 23 months in Vietnam, taking the opportunity to meet Vietnamese artists such as TRAN Phuc Duyen and Nguyen Tien Chun in Hanoi. On this occasion, he bought lacquerware and objets d'art from Vietnam and China, which he brought back to France.