School of Fine Arts of Indochina. Along Bay. About 1928. Watercolor on paper framed and signed lower left. In its original frame. Label on the back AU REGAL DES YEUX Decorator's workshop 6 Bd Gia-Long Hanoi. Dimensions: 20x59 cm (at sight). (Some worm holes and missing in the lower right). This painting is the counterpart of the Single Pillar Pagoda, presented in chapter 12 under number 172 of March 22, 2021. Provenance: Chief engineer for the French Railway Company of Indochina and Yunnan posted in Hanoi in the 1930s.

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