The Viet Noir collection

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From quiet figures to luminous aquatic worlds. Explore 22 Vietnamese lacquer paintings, with original titles and details from the collection records.

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Thiếu nữ bên sen — A young woman in an áo dài stands among lotus leaves and seed pods. A glowing ochre and gold-toned palette draws the figure and foliage into a quiet vertical composition.

Artist unidentifiedVN-022

Thiếu nữ bên sen

Young woman beside lotus

80 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Tùng hạc diên niên — Pine branches and white cranes rise against a dark ground. This vertical composition balances pale birds with delicate golden-toned foliage.

Sáu ThanhVN-021

Tùng hạc diên niên

Pine & cranes — enduring years

80 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Ngư tảo — Fish and aquatic foliage spread across a red ground. Fine gold-toned stems and flowing tails give this horizontal composition its lively movement.

Sáu ThanhVN-020

Ngư tảo

Fish & aquatic plants

80 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Quê hương — A rural landscape of trees, buildings and waterways brings the collection’s quieter narrative scenes into focus.

Sáu ThanhVN-019

Quê hương

Homeland

80 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Ngư liên phú quý — Lotus flowers, foliage and fish fill a warm red-ground composition, combining rounded leaves with the flowing movement of fins and stems.

Sáu ThanhVN-018

Ngư liên phú quý

Fish & lotus — abundance

120 × 180 cmLacquer painting

Ngư liên cát tường — Fish gather among lotus flowers and broad leaves in an expansive horizontal composition. The wide format gives the aquatic scene room to unfold.

Sáu ThanhVN-017

Ngư liên cát tường

Fish & lotus — good fortune

120 × 240 cmLacquer painting

Ngư tảo (nền đen) — Golden-toned plants and fish stand out against a black ground. Fine branching details and flowing tails animate this compact horizontal painting.

Sáu ThanhVN-016

Ngư tảo (nền đen)

Fish & aquatic plants — black ground

60 × 90 cmLacquer painting

Cửu ngư liên hoa (nền đỏ) — Fish circle beneath lotus flowers and leaves against a red ground. This smaller horizontal work brings the collection’s aquatic imagery into a more compact format.

Sáu ThanhVN-015

Cửu ngư liên hoa (nền đỏ)

Nine fish & lotus — red ground

60 × 90 cmLacquer painting

Tứ quý — Trees, flowers and pale decorative details unfold across four dark panels. The supplied condition note records some age-related scratches.

Unknown artistVN-014

Tứ quý

The four seasons

120 × 160 cmLacquer painting

Mai lan cúc trúc — A wide multi-panel composition brings together apricot blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo, with birds nestled among the flowering branches.

Trần Văn ĐángVN-013

Mai lan cúc trúc

Apricot, orchid, chrysanthemum & bamboo

120 × 320 cmLacquer painting

Vinh quy bái tổ — A ceremonial procession winds through a village landscape. Warm orange tones, architecture and small figures create a broad narrative of homecoming.

Sáu ThanhVN-012

Vinh quy bái tổ

A triumphant homecoming

120 × 180 cmLacquer painting

Ngư tảo — A panoramic aquatic scene stretches beneath cascading branches. Fish, foliage and fine linework fill the dark ground across an exceptionally wide format.

Trần Văn ĐángVN-011

Ngư tảo

Fish & aquatic plants

120 × 300 cmLacquer painting

Hương rừng sớm — A young woman gathers fruit beside a horse in a richly layered forest. Deep reds, warm gold-toned foliage and slender tree trunks gather the scene into an intimate square composition.

Attributed to Hoàng Lộc; unconfirmedVN-010

Hương rừng sớm

Early fragrance of the forest

120 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Chim trĩ và hoa mai — A pair of long-tailed pheasants perch among apricot blossoms and bamboo. Their red and green plumage sweeps across a deep red ground.

Sáu ThanhVN-009

Chim trĩ và hoa mai

Pheasants & apricot blossoms

80 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Phượng hoàng — Long-tailed birds, flowering branches and butterflies rise through a vertical black-ground composition. Orange and gold-toned details give the work its striking contrast.

Trần Văn ĐángVN-008

Phượng hoàng

Phoenixes

120 × 180 cmLacquer painting

Ngư tảo (cẩn ốc) — Silver-toned and orange fish move beneath willow branches in this wide red-ground composition. Shell inlay is recorded in the supplied catalog title.

Sáu ThanhVN-007

Ngư tảo (cẩn ốc)

Fish & aquatic plants — shell inlay

120 × 180 cmLacquer painting

Ngư tảo — Goldfish weave between orchids, rock forms and aquatic plants in a tall red-brown composition. Flowing tails and fine gold-toned linework carry the eye through the work.

Sáu ThanhVN-006

Ngư tảo

Fish & aquatic plants

120 × 160 cmLacquer painting

Tùng hạc diên niên — White cranes gather around a pine tree against a deep red ground. Gold-toned needles and branches give this vertical composition a delicate, luminous rhythm.

Sáu ThanhVN-005

Tùng hạc diên niên

Pine & cranes — enduring years

80 × 120 cmLacquer painting

Ngư tiều canh mục — Four slender panels bring rural life into view: fishing boats, bamboo, buffalo and figures crossing waterways. Mother-of-pearl inlay catches the light against the dark lacquer ground.

Unknown artistVN-004

Ngư tiều canh mục

Fishing, woodcutting, farming & herding

120 × 160 cmLacquer painting

Phù dung trĩ — Long-tailed pheasants move through flowering branches, bamboo and grasses. The expansive black-ground composition lets brilliant orange plumage stretch across the panels.

Trần Văn ĐángVN-003

Phù dung trĩ

Pheasants & hibiscus

120 × 240 cmLacquer painting

Thiên hạ thái bình — A framed four-panel landscape unfolds through figures, animals, waterways and distant buildings. Pale details stand out against the dark, warm-toned ground.

Unknown artistVN-002

Thiên hạ thái bình

Peace beneath the heavens

120 × 160 cmLacquer painting

Phú quý liên ngư — Lotus flowers and fish fill a broad, dark-ground composition. Orange blossoms, sweeping foliage and flowing fins build a dense, decorative aquatic world.

Trần Văn ĐángVN-001

Phú quý liên ngư

Lotus & fish — prosperity

120 × 240 cmLacquer painting

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