Lot n° 40
Estimation :
6000 - 8000
EUR
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: 16 500EUR
Vietnam, Nguyen Dynasty, reign of Bao Dai (1932-1945) - Lot 40
Vietnam, Nguyen Dynasty, reign of Bao Dai (1932-1945)
Pair of yellow silk shoes, decorated with polychrome and gold thread embroidery of dragons facing each other around the sacred jewel, encircled by flames. The heel is embroidered with "longevity" calligraphy in fuchsia thread.
Wear, reworked sole.
Similar model in the Hué Museum of Royal Antiquities, with dragons facing each other around the motf shou.
L. 27 cm
Provenance :
H.R.H. Princess Phương Dung
Kept in Vietnam, then in France by descent.
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