Lot 55 · 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale)
Sarawak Life
Cheong Soo Pieng · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- HK$1,000,000–HK$1,800,000 hammer ≈ $127,406–$229,331
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale), Hong Kong · 25 May 2019
- Dimensions
- 101.5 x 81.5 cm. (40 x 32 1/8 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3724236
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cheong Soo Pieng, Sarawak Life. Christie's, 25 May 2019, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3724236.
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Cheong Soo Pieng, Sarawak Life. Christie's, 25 May 2019, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3724236.
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From the same sale 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) · May 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 229 | Chu Teh-chun | HK$28,500,000–HK$35,000,000 | |
| Composition abstraite | Serge Poliakoff | HK$2,200,000–HK$2,700,000 | |
| Abstraktes Bild | Gerhard Richter | HK$16,000,000–HK$23,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Kazuo Shiraga | HK$1,000,000–HK$2,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Rhee Seundja | HK$1,000,000–HK$2,000,000 | |
| A Chinese Vermillion Tone | Cheong Soo Pieng | HK$500,000–HK$700,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Cheong Soo Pieng 鍾泗濱 | Two women and child in the river 河中的兩 | $228,146 | Sotheby's, Jan 2025 | |
| Cheong Soo Pieng | long house inhabitants | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Wild Crossing | Christie's, May 2015 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Cheong Soo Pieng 鍾泗濱 | By the lotus pond 採蓮 | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Seated Lady | Christie's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Talking | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | Chattering | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Cheong Soo Pieng | cheong soo pieng 鍾泗濱 | going to market 去市集 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 |
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.