Trịnh lords
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The Trịnh lords, formally titled as “Prince” of Trịnh, also known as the House of Trịnh or the Trịnh clan, were a feudal nobility clan that ruled Northern Vietnam, during the Later Lê dynasty.
A view of Thang Long (Hanoi) from the Red River in 1685
Army of the Trinh lords, late 18th century
Northern Vietnamese nobleman and wife from Hải Môn harbor (Đàng Ngoài) in 1595.
Two women and a child in Tonkin around the 1700s.
Mạc dynasty
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The Mạc dynasty (1527–1677), officially Great Việt, was a Vietnamese dynasty which ruled over a unified Vietnam between 1527 and 1540, and northern Vietnam from 1540 until 1593. The Mạc dynasty lost control over the capital Đông Kinh for the last time in its wars against the Later Lê dynasty and the Trịnh Lords in 1592. Subsequent members of the Mạc dynasty ruled over the province of Cao Bằng with the direct support of the Chinese Ming and Qing dynasties until 1677.
Mạc dynasty dragon head, stone
Statue of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, crimson and gilded wood (16th century)