Vietnam, Textiles

Lot 163. A salmon-ground 'dragon' robe, Vietnam, Nguyên dynasty, 20th century. H. 136.5 cm x L. 254 cm, 53¾ by 100 in. Lot sold: 37,800 EUR (Estimate: 2,000 - 4,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from a French private collection. Sotheby's. Asian Arts / 5000 Years, Paris, 29 April 2022

Réceptacle bulbeux à pied carré ajouré, Vietnam, culture de Dông Son, Période Giao Chi (fin du Ier millénaire avant J.-C. - début du Ier millénaire après J.-C.). H. : 21 cm, diam. : 21 cm. INV. 2505-57 © musée Barbier-Mueller Vase appartenant à la catégorie des petites jarres rondes, avec couvercle peu bombé, rond et muni d’un anneau de préhension mobile inséré dans une demi-boucle faisant corps avec ledit couvercle. Les anses imitent des minces bambous tressés et se composent de plusieurs parties,... [Lire la suite]

Basin, Vietnam, Dongson Culture, circa 1st-2nd century A.D. Copper alloy. Height: 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm); Diameter: 15 3/4 in. (40.01 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Daniel Ostroff (M.2003.226.4). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-107A. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-107B. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum

Annamese Mandarin Square depicting two lions. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-110A. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum Not Chinese, possibly Annamese, otherwise a simple folk embroidery. On (faded) red satin, neither square split; two smaller lions with embroidered ball below; as sorted folk symbols, different combinations on each.

Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-105B. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum

Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-103B. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum

Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-103A. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum

Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-102. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum Annamese squares were made on red satin background; Chinese official squares almost never. Chinese squares had naturalistic or heraldic birds; Annamese squares had rather fanciful ones.

Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-105A. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum