A grandson of Phan Boi Chau (1867-1940) has donated a tea set and ink box used by the scholar and revolutionary to the Thua Thien-Hue city’s Revolution and History Museum.

The undamaged colourful tea set used by scholar Phan Boi Chau has been donated to the Thua Thien-Hue’s Revolution and History Museum.

The undamaged ceramic tea set – thought to be a Ngu Thai set by experts – includes a tray, teapot, and four cups which are covered in scenery, flowers, and sculptures of animals. The pot handle and spout each resemble a twig.

There are also flowers and wild animals painted on the tray.

Phan Thieu Co, the grandson who lives in HCM City, said early last century, an overseas Chinese presented the set to the scholar. When Chau was exiled in Hue, his eldest daughter-in-law spirited away the tea set along with many of his other art works to the northern province of Nghe An.

It was discovered in 1945 and changed hands several times before Co acquired.

Cao Huy Hung, head of the museum, said the relic would be displayed at the Phan Boi Chau Memorial Zone in Ben Ngu, Hue.

Chau was the leader of the Can Vuong freedom movement against the French when he was just 19.

He founded the Duy Tan (Renovation) Society in 1904 and arranged to send Vietnamese students to Japan under the Dong Du (Go East) movement to seek support for the Vietnamese revolution.

He was also a poet, historian, and playwright.

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