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- Estimate
- HK$40,000–HK$60,000 hammer ≈ $5,101–$7,651
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong · 6 October 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4772953
- Record
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U Ngwe Gaing, two monks in front of a temple. Sotheby's, 6 Oct 2019, lot 319. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4772953.
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U Ngwe Gaing, two monks in front of a temple. Sotheby's, 6 Oct 2019, lot 319. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4772953.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art · Oct 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| matinée (haute région) vietnam | Henri Mège | HK$60,000–HK$80,000 | |
| matin aux environs de hué annam (morning at hué annam) | Henri Mège | HK$30,000–HK$50,000 | |
| fields | Luong Xuan Nhi | HK$140,000–HK$200,000 | |
| sketch for "l'ile heureuse (happy island)" | Le Pho | HK$60,000–HK$90,000 | |
| maternité (maternity) | Vu Cao Dam | HK$140,000–HK$250,000 | |
| maternité (maternity) | Vu Cao Dam | HK$120,000–HK$220,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| U Ngwe Gaing | U Ngwe Gaing 伍巍芥 | Buddha 佛像 | $4,854 | Sotheby's, Feb 2023 | |
| Le Pho | Ensemble de deux lithographies en couleurs | Bonhams, Dec 2022 | ||
| Chen Wen Hsi | Sparrow | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| U Ngwe Gaing | Burmese Dancer | Bonhams, Nov 2014 | ||
| U Ngwe Gaing | u ngwe gaing | yellow flowers | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Chen Wen Hsi | Chen Wen Hsi 陳文希 | Three sparrows with bamboo 竹上三麻雀 | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| U Ngwe Gaing | Trading Among Jungle People | Bonhams, Apr 2020 | ||
| U Ngwe Gaing | Two Studies of Burmese Women | Bonhams, Nov 2014 |
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.