Painting by Vietnamese artist sold for record priceA silk painting by Vietnamese master artist Nguyen Phan Chanh (1892-1984), one of the leading painters of Vietnamese contemporary fine arts, was sold at over US$853,000 (HKD$6.7 million) at an auction by Christie’s Hong Kong on Sunday. Child with Bird, silk, 1931, by Nguyen Phan Chanh, has just been sold at over US$853,000. This is the highest price for a painting by any Vietnamese artist sold by the auction house and in the world. On May 26, another painting by the same artist, The Snail Seller, was sold for US$600,000 (HKD$4.66 million) at Christie’s Hong Kong. He tried his hand at silk painting with the encouragement of his college rector, Victor Tardieu (1870-1937).