| “ Viet nam cycling “ - Forty-eight relics from the Nguyen Dynasty era donated by private collectors to the Hue Royal Fine Arts Museum are on display at the former royal capital’s An Dinh Palace. The Hue Royal Fine Arts Museum, run by the Hue Historical Relic Preservation Centre, houses a large collection of relics from the time of Vietnam’s last imperial dynasty, which ruled from 1820 to 1945. |
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The
objects on show at the exhibition, organised by the museum, are mostly
made of silver, brass, precious stones, porcelain, silk, wood and
paper.
Among them are a pair of ivory tusks donated by a
Vietnamese expatriate living in France, a tea set gifted by Doan Phuoc
Thuan, a collector in the central coastal province of Phu Yen, and a
collection of King Minh Mang’s poems written on paper donated by
Frenchman Andre de Crozet.
A set of three life-size brass
statues of Jesus’s mother Mary, donated by a Hue-based company, is
among the most valuable relics on show.
At the time of the
exhibition’s opening, Nguyen Huu Hoang donated a porcelain basin and
plate, Le Gia donated a land register, and a group of collectors
presented a pair of vermilion-lacquered gilded wood panels.
The exhibition will go on until the end of the year. |
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(Source:
VNA) |
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