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- Estimate
- HK$2,000,000–HK$4,000,000 hammer ≈ $257,108–$514,216
- Result
- upcoming — 28 March 2025
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, Hong Kong · 28 March 2025
- Dimensions
- 81.7 x 101.5 cm. (32 1⁄8 x 40 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3175987
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3175987 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3175987
Cheong Soo Pieng, Sarawak Life. Christie's, 28 Mar 2025, lot 29. estimate HK$2,000,000–HK$4,000,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3175987.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
93% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 383 held-out evening-sale lots the model scored about 93%, 95% sold.
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Cheong Soo Pieng, Sarawak Life. Christie's, 28 Mar 2025, lot 29. estimate HK$2,000,000–HK$4,000,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3175987.
From the same sale 20th/21st Century Evening Sale · Mar 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (After Henri Rousseau) | Adrian Ghenie | HK$10,000,000–HK$15,000,000 | |
| Autour de l'equilibriste | Marc Chagall | HK$9,500,000–HK$13,500,000 | |
| Untitled | Yayoi Kusama | HK$12,000,000–HK$18,000,000 | upcoming |
| Side by Side | Firenze Lai | HK$1,200,000–HK$2,000,000 | |
| Night Banquet | Ouyang Chun | HK$2,000,000–HK$3,000,000 | |
| Portrait of Nadine Haim | Fernando Botero | HK$2,500,000–HK$3,500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Chattering | $355,527 | Christie's, Nov 2023 | |
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Cheong Soo Pieng 鍾泗濱 | Bali Girl 峇里女子 | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | A Chinese Vermillion Tone | Christie's, May 2019 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Life in Bali | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Landmarks of Singapore and Malaysia | Christie's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Opera scene | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Sisters | Bonhams, May 2024 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | nature | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.