Conservation of Two Traditional Lacquer Paintings

$40K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Vietnam
Start Date	Jul 23, 2005
End Date	Aug 07, 2008
Duration	1,111 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`76991-48`

Grant Description

To support the conservaton of two famous 20th century traditional lacquer paintings at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, which are considered national treasures.

They are considered the best of traditional Vietnamese traditional lacquer paintings, but have deteriorated due to poor maintenance, climatic damage, and storage conditions.