Lot 28
Saya Saung(1898-1952)Visiting the Pagoda
22 April 2021, 10:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceHK$25,000 - HK$35,000
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Saya Saung (1898-1952)
Visiting the Pagoda
circa 1930
signed
watercolour on paper
26.5 by 36.5 cm.
10 3/8 by 14 3/8 in.
circa 1930
signed
watercolour on paper
26.5 by 36.5 cm.
10 3/8 by 14 3/8 in.
Footnotes
Provenance
Michael Backman, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, Bangkok
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Saya Saung was one of the most prolific and important watercolour artists in Yangon and Mandalay. His works were well received by the British Allied forces stationed in Burma during the Second World War, earning him the title of Ye Min Tha (the Prince of Watercolours) and receiving a gold medal from the Burma Art Club in 1920.
He was first trained by Maung Maung Gyi, an early watercolour painter from Yangon, and later by U Ba Zaw, a Burmese master of western painting. He was also greatly inspired by Australian painter Jesse Jewhurst Hilder (1881-1916).