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.