Paris - A busy day in the countryside, lacquer on wood panel signed Do Xuan Doan (b. 1937) will star in Bonhams' forthcoming sale: Southeast Asian Art online (estimate: €30,000-50,000). Show casing several remarkable Southeast Asian paintings, drawings and sculptures as well as a collection of Southeast Asia gold jewellery and a collection of Balinese paintings, this 108-lot online sale will run between 21-27 June on bonhams.com.

Also offered in this sale is Maternité aux fleurs circa 1955 by Le Pho (1907-2001) with an estimate of €70,000-90,000, Going to the Field, a 1969 lacquer on wood panel by Nguyen Van Binh (1917-2004) (estimate: €10,000 - 20,000), and a portrait of a woman made of ink and colour on paper by Lưu Công Nhân (1931-2007) which has an estimate of €1,500-2,000. The artist is celebrated for the diversity of his artistic production, mastering female nude paintings - for which he is particularly revered - landscapes, rural scenes and still lifes, as well as working with a variety of media, such as oil paint, watercolour and paper.

Also featured is a fine selection of South-East Asian gold jewellery from a private Asian collection. The collection includes rings, earrings, necklaces and various gold ornaments set with fine stones and made between the 12th and 17th centuries. Extremely rare in Europe, three gold rings from Java (Indonesia) are a highlight of the collection. One of the finest examples of their kind, these rings have an estimate of €6,000-8,000. Another highlight is a gold necklace featuring a stylised head of the Serpent God Naga. Created in East Java, Indonesia between the 10th and 12th centuries, the necklace has an estimate of €10,000-15,000.

A collection of Indonesian paintings by Mangku Mura (1920-1999) and his daughter Mangku Muriati (born 1967) will be offered at no reserve. Acquired by a Scandinavian collector who bought them directly from the artists in Bali in the late 90's, these works with ink and colour on cloth depict scenes from the great epic tales inspired by wayang (traditional puppet theatre). The paintings are offered without reserve (estimate from €300 to €2,000). This tradition originated in the 16th century and proliferated from the 18th century onward, when at the request of the King of Klungkung, court artists were asked to depict classical themes from the great Indian epics, essentially the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, with a distinctly Balinese flavour.⁠