Painting with four female figures

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 73.25.1
Type: painting; lacquers
Date of production:
1960s
Place of production:
Marks: unmarked
Materials/Techniques: wood, lacquer
Dimensions: height: 24. 8 cm
width: 34. 5 cm
The colours red and yellow dominate this cheerful Vietnamese lacquer painting on a black background, with four hiking women in the foreground, in the shade of a partially depicted tree. A pagoda looms in the background, while figures in floating dresses beneath the tree stroll gleefully across the flowery lawn.