Fine Art Auction

Fine Art Auction 

Malaysia, 2 March 2014 

Masterpiece Fine Art Auction - Malaysia 

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Masterpiece Fine Art Auction - Malaysia

Malaysia Auction Sale 

Southeast Asian, Chinese, Modern & Contemporary Art 

AUCTION DAY 

Sunday 2 MARCH 2014 | 13:00 

The Hotel Royale Chulan 

Taming sari Grand Ballroom 

5 Jalan Conlay, 50450 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

* ART TALK starts at 10.30 

VIEWINGS 

Kuala Lumpur Full Preview: 

12 FEB - 1 MAR 2014 I 11:00 - 19:00 

Tiny Rose Gallery 

151, Jalan 5/42, Off Jln Gasing 

46100 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 

Penang Sneak Preview: 

20 - 23 FEB 2014 | 11:00 - 19:00 

Island Gallery 

No 6, Phuah Hin Leong Road, 

10050, Georgtown, Penang, Malaysia 


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Published by: 

MASTERPIECE 

Auction House 

Masterpiece Auction Sdn Bhd 

151, Jalan 5/42 

Off Jalan Gasing 

46100 Petaling Jaya 

Malaysia 

Tel: (+603) 7772 6193 

masterpiece.malaysia@gmail.com 

www.masterpiece-auction.com 

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Important Notices 

BRIEF ON CATALOGUE 

All Lots are sold on an “as is” basis. The contents of catalogues produced by Masterpiece 

formed statements of opinion only. Subject to the limited warranty given in the Conditions 

of Sale for Buyers, no representation and warranty is made by Masterpiece or any seller 

of a Lot in respect of anything, including without limitation, description, value, or quality. 

Buyers are advised to inspect the property themselves. Masterpiece is not liable for any 

error or omission in this catalogue. All descriptions of dimensions are approximate only. 

CONDITION REPORTS 

Condition reports are provided as a service to interested clients. Prospective buyers should 

note that descriptions of property are not warranties and that each lot is sold “as is”. 

Masterpiece catalogues sometimes include references to condition only in descriptions of 

Lots such as prints, books and wine. Generally, no statement of condition is given although 

they can be made available on request. Please liaise with Masterpiece representatives for 

a condition report on a particular lot. 

EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING PRACTICE 

For Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Miniatures. 

Terms used in this catalogue have the meanings ascribed to them below: 

Name(s) or Recognized Designation of an Artist without any Qualification in Masterpiece 

opinion a work by the artist. 

*”Attribute to…” In Masterpiece qualified opinion probably a work by the artist in whole 

or in part. 

*”Studio of..’/”Workshop of..” In Masterpiece qualified opinion a work executed in the 

studio or workshop of the artist, possibly under his supervision. 

*”Circle of..” In Masterpiece qualified opinion a work of the period of the artist and 

showing his influence. 

*”Follower of…” In Masterpiece qualified opinion a work executed in the artist’s style but 

not necessarily by a pupil. 

*”Manner of…” In Masterpiece qualified opinion a work executed in the artist’s style but 

of a later date. 

*”After…” In Masterpiece qualified opinion a copy (of any date) of a work of the artist. 

*”Signed..”/”dated…”/“Inscribed…” In Masterpiece’s qualified opinion the work has been 

signed/dated/inscribed by the artist. 

“With signature…”/”With inscription…” In Masterpiece’s qualified opinion the signature/ 

inscription appears to be by hand other than that of the artist. 

*With date…” In Masterpiece’s qualified opinion the date on the item was not executed 

on that date. 

INFORMATION FOR BUYERS 

CONDITIONS OF SALE 

Masterpiece CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR BUYERS governs the terms and conditions of 

contract between the buyer and the seller of a lot and is set out later in this catalogue. 

Persons who have been registered as bidders will be deemed to have read and be fully 

aware of and subject to the terms as stated in the CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR BUYERS.. 

No reliance should be placed on oral representations made by any person at the auction. 

ESTIMATES 

Estimates are based upon prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, 

condition, rarity, quality and provenance. Estimates are subject to revision. Buyers should 

not rely upon estimates as prediction of actual selling prices. Estimates do not include 

the buyer’s premium. For estimate on request, please contact us for further information. 

RESERVES 

The reserve is the confidential minimum price the consignor will accept. The reserve will 

not normally exceed the low estimate. 

BUYERS PREMIUM 

Masterpiece charges a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at 10% 

(ten percent). 

VIEWING/ADMISSION 

Pre-auction viewings are open to the public and free of charge. Buyers are strongly 

advised to examine the lots thoroughly, Condition reports are available. Masterpiece 

reserves the right to refuse admission and participation in its auctions. 

REGISTRATION 

Prospective buyers need to register for a numbered bidding paddle. Details of bank 

accounts are required for credit reference purposes. 

BIDDING 

The Auctioneer accepts bids from those present in the saleroom, from telephone bidders, 

or by absentee written bids left with Masterpiece in advance of the auction. Bidding will 

be done in Ringgit (MYR). The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf 

of the consignor. 

BIDDING INCREMENTS 

The auctioneer will normally start with bids below the low estimate and may at his own 

discretion increase bids. The standard increments are:- 

MYR 1,000 - MYR 10,000 

by RM 500 

MYR 10,000 - MYR 20,000 

by RM 1.000 

MYR 20,000 - MYR 50,000 

by RM 2.000 

MYR 50,000 - MYR 100,000 

by RM 5.000 

MYR 100,000 - MYR 200,000 

by RM 10.000 

MYR 200,000 - MYR 500,000 

by RM 20.000 

> MYR 500,000 by the auctioneer’s direction 

ABSENTEE BIDS 

Absentee bids are written instructions from prospective buyers directing Masterpiece to 

bid on their behalf up to a maximum amount specified for each lot. Masterpiece staff will 

attempt to execute an absentee bid at the lowest possible price taking into account the 

reserve price. If identical bids are received from two or more parties, the first bid received 

by Masterpiece will take priority. The auctioneer may execute absentee bids directly from 

the rostrum. Absentee Bids Forms are available in this catalogue. 

Absentee bids submitted on “no-reserve” lots will, in the absence of a higher bid, be 

executed at the amount of the bid. 

TELEPHONE BIDS 

Prospective buyers may bid by telephone during the course of the auction. Arrangements 

for this service must be confirmed with the Bid Department at least 2 hours prior to the 

auction. Telephone bids may be recorded. By bidding on the telephone, prospective buyers 

consent to the recording their conversation. Masterpiece will not be responsible for errors 

of failures to execute bids. 

SUCCESSFULL BIDS 

The fall of the auctioneer’s hammer indicates the final bid, at which time, the buyer 

assumes full responsibility for the lot. 

AUCTION RESULTS 

You may view auction results at www.masterpiece-auction.com 

CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR BUYERS 

Together with the terms as set out in “INFORMATION FOR BUYERS”, These Conditions 

contain all terms in which a buyer contracts with a seller in respect of the sale of a Lot. 

These terms may be amended at any time by way of notices or oral announcements during 

the sale and auction. The buyer agrees to be bound by these Conditions when he/she bids 

to purchase a Lot. 

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In these terms and conditions, the following words and expressions have the 

following meanings: 

“Buyer” means the successful bidding buyer of a Lot; 

“Catalogue” means the Catalogue prepared by Masterpiece which describes and 

illustrates all Lots for sale by Masterpiece; 

“Conditions” means these terms and conditions; 

“Hammer Price” means the price at which a Lot is sold to Buyer; 

“Lot” means each piece of property as described in the Catalogue for which bids are 

invited for purchase; 

“Masterpiece”, “our”, “we”, “us” means Masterpiece Auction sdn. bhd; 

“Reserve Price” means in respect of a Lot, the minimum price which the Seller is 

prepared to accept from a buyer; 

“Seller”, means in respect of a particular Lot, the seller of that Lot and his personal 

representatives; 

“MYR” means the lawful currency of Malaysia. 

Except where the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular shall include 

the plural and vice versa, words importing any one gender shall include all genders, and 

words importing persons shall include companies and corporations and vice versa. Unless 

otherwise stated, references to Clauses are references to Clauses in these Conditions. The 

headings appearing in this Agreement are inserted for ease of reference only and shall in 

no way define, limit or construe the terms and conditions appearing herein. 

2. Parties to the sale of a Lot 

Unless otherwise stated, a Buyer contracts with a Seller to purchase a Lot. 

Masterpiece acts as the Seller’s agent in respect of the sale of a Lot. 

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3. Bidding 

(a) Registering. Prospective buyers are required to register for a numbered bidding 

paddle. Copies of bank accounts may be required to be shown to Masterpiece for 

credit references and/or payment purposes. 

(b) Reserve. Unless otherwise stated, all Lots are offered for sale, subject to a 

Reserve Price which is confidential between the Seller and Masterpiece. Bids may 

be placed by representatives of Masterpiece on behalf of the Seller up to the 

Reserve Price. There is no obligation on Masterpiece to identify bids placed on 

behalf of a Seller. 

(c) Types of bids. Bids may be accepted from those present at the auction and from 

telephone bidders, or by absentee written bids left with Masterpiece prior to the 

auction. By bidding by telephone, all prospective buyers consent to the recording 

of all conversation and bids. 

(d) Currency. Prices of all Lots are in Ringgit Malaysia and all bids shall be made in 

Ringgit Malaysia. 

(e) Final bid. The fall of the auctioneer’s hammer indicates acceptance of the final 

bid, at which time the Buyer enters into a full valid and binding contract with 

the Seller to purchase the Lot. The results of absentee bids will be notified to the 

prospective buyer after the auction. Risk and responsibility of the Lot (but not 

title) pass to the Buyer seven calendar days from the date of the sale or earlier if 

full payment is made and delivery made to the Buyer. 

(f) Buyer’s responsibility. When bidding, a prospective buyer accepts personal 

responsibility to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot for which he bids if he is 

successful, together with the premium price of 10% (ten percent) of the hammer 

price. 

4. Limited warranty 

(a) No warranty. Neither the Seller nor Masterpiece makes any warranty in respect 

of the description of any Lot, its value or its quality. Save for the limited warranty 

set out in this Clause 4(b) below, the Buyer purchases a Lot “as is” without 

any representation or warranty of any kind by Masterpiece or the Seller. The 

contents of the Catalogue are statements of opinion only and do not constitute 

any representation or warranty whatsoever in respect of any Lot. 

(b) Limited warranty. The Seller and Masterpiece only warrant that the Lot is 

related to the artist named in its description in the Catalogue. In the event of 

any allegation of lack of authenticity or forgery, the Buyer is required to notify 

Masterpiece in writing within a period of 30 days (the “Notice”) from the date 

of auction. 

(c) Contents of Notice. The Notice shall include written evidence from a reputable 

independent expert who is able to show that the Lot is a forgery. Masterpiece or 

the Seller reserves the right to request for further evidential proof from other 

experts if in their respective opinions either of them is not satisfied with the 

finding of the Buyer’s expert. 

(d) Refund. In the event that Masterpiece is satisfied with the evidence as enclosed in 

the Notice and subject to (i) receipt of the full refund from the Seller and (ii) the 

return of the Lot in such condition as it was sold, a refund of the purchase price 

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is limited to the purchase price of such Lot. Neither Masterpiece nor the Seller 

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and the expert appointed by Masterpiece or the Seller, or if it can be shown 

that tests of authenticity would involve scientific process which could damage 

or otherwise jeopardize the condition of the Lot and which scientific process did 

not exist at the time of the publication of the Catalogue, no refund will be made 

of the affected Lot. 

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Where a Buyer fails to make payment with cleared funds within the stipulated time, 

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remedies available under the law, to :- 

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The copyright in all images, illustrations and literature, including the Catalogue is 

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Masterpiece and the Seller on a full indemnity basis, in respect of any 

loss, damage, cost or expense that may be incurred by either the Seller or 

Masterpiece in respect of any breach by the Buyer of these Conditions. 

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language version shall prevail in case of conflict. 

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(a) Deadline for payment. All payments for sold Lots must be made within seven 

calendar days from the date of sale. 

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as stated in Clause 3(f) above have been paid, even in circumstances where 

Masterpiece has released the Lot to the Buyer before full payment has been 

made. 

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name and invoice number in the bank instructions. 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

Collection. The Buyer is required to collect his purchase from the 

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may assist the Buyer in making packing and shipping arrangements at the Buyer’s 

own costs and risk. 

Storage charges. All purchases will initially be held for collection at the premises 

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Subsequently Masterpiece will charge the Buyer storage charges, together with 

all other transport, handling, removal, insurance and other expenses where a Lot 

is transported to another location pending collection. 

Limit on insurance cover. Masterpiece provides general insurance cover for 

sold Lots for a period of up to seven days from the date of sale of such Lots. 

Subsequently, risk of such Lots will transfer to the respective Buyers. 


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MANSOR GHAZALI 

(Perak, 1930-2009) 

My Kampung 

Watercolour on Paper: 45 x 60 cm 

Signed, lower right: Mansor Ghazali 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 

Born in 1930 – 2009, Perak. A self-taught watercolourist. My Kampung is one of the most humble 

and straightforward watercolour painting of a depiction of country scene. His play with layer of 

lightness and translucency strokes makes the painting almost become lifelike. The breeze of coconut 

trees by the sea with the stillness of the wooden A-framed house. Ghazali captures the serenity and 

natural majestic beauty of a coast life. 

002 

CHOH KOK KHEONG 

(b. Kedah, 1943) 

a. Fishing Village, 2002 

Oil on canvas: 53 x 66 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Ckkheong, 2002 

b. Resting Boats, 2001 


Signed and dated, lower right: Ckkheong, 2001 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

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HO KHAY BENG 

(b.Penang, 1933-1986) 

Lotus Blossom, 1975 

Oil on Canvas: 60 x 90.5 cm 

Signed and dated, upper right: Beng, 75 

MYR 15,000 - 20,000 

USD 4,500 - 6,000 


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TAN PENG HOOI 

(b. Penang, 1942) 

Pigeons2010 

Oil on Canvas: 50 x 60 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Tan Peng Hooi, 2010 

MYR 7,000 - 10,000 

USD 2,100 - 3,000 

Born in Penang 1944. Tan Peng Hooi is a self-taught veteran artist since 1966. 

He has participated in various group and solo exhibitions. One of his most 

notable achievements was the time he was honoured by the Reader’s Digest 

with a featured article, ‘The Painter who Preserves Malaysia’s past’. Peng Hooi is a 

versatile artist that could paint almost any subjects ranging from nudes, landscapes, 

fishing village to animals; but he is particular noted for his paintings of birds. Pigeon 

is one of his favorites. Though a common subject, he never finds them as an 

exhaustible one. He always captures them from different views and angles, each 

time with different visual excitement. When painting, he looks at them with a fresh 

eyes giving them new personality, altering their tone, shape and brighten their glow 

in their eyes. Peng Hooi also focuses on how the light interacts and affects the 

pigeons; for example they could appear to be more soft, light and luminous under 

the sunlight. Apart from this, the artists also pays adequate attention in details in 

constructing the atmospheric, darker background to bring out the brightness and 

voluminous of the pigeons. 

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006 

ABDULLAH ARIFF 

(Penang,1904-1962) 

Shephard Boy 


Signed, lower left: Abdullah Ariff 

MYR 25,000 - 30,000 

USD 7,500 - 9,000 

Born in 1904, Penang. Abdullah Ariff was an art teacher at the Anglo-Chinese 

School, Penang which is now known as the Methodist Boys School. Ariff is a 

renowned watercolourist. The central of this painting carries the key essence 

of a village life of which Ariff could share with. His observant eye for animal 

life and technical excellence fully reflected on this painting. Without much 

play of colours and a great discount of attention of background, the most 

authentic representation of life is represented through clean and quick short 

brushstrokes. 


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DULLAH 

(Solo, 1919 – 1996) 

Nenek 


Signed and dated, lower right: Dullah 

MYR 15,000 - 20,000 

USD 4,500 - 6,000 

Dullah was born in Solo, 1919. He studied painting under the tutelage of Affandi 

and Sudjojono. Soon, he developed his own distinctive naturalism style. He was well 

known for his landscape and portraits paintings. He was one of the founders of HBS – 

Surakarta Cultural Community (1950). In 1956, he edited a book for the former Presiden 

Soekarno’s Private Collection of Indonesian Art (volume I & II). Since the early days of 

the independence, Dullah was very close to Soekarno, the first President of the Republic 

of Indonesia. He was appointed by Soekarno to supervise the President’s private art 

collections and the state painting collections. At the age of 70, Dullah built his museum, 

now a cultural landmark, as his dedication to his love of arts. Throughout his life, he had 

numerous art exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas. In 1988, his work was included in the 

Art of Bali exhibition held at the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Now, his works 

are kept in Dullah Museum in Solo. He died in 1996. 

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WIDAYAT 

(Kutoarjo, 1919 – Jakarta, 2002) 

a. Dua turis Melihat pertunjukan Kuda Lumping, 1996 


Signed and dated, lower left: Widayat’96 

b. Ikan-ikan, 2000 


Signed and dated, lower left: Widayat’2000 

MYR 6,500 - 10,000 

USD 1,950 - 3,000 

Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java, 1919. He studied at the Indonesian Fine Art Academy 

(ASRI), Yogyakarta and Ceramics and Landscape, Nagoya, Japan (1960). After some 

military training, he had his apprentice study at the Indonesia Art Academy Yogyakarta 

under painters Hendra Gunawan, Sudarso, Trubus, and Kusnadi. Then Widayat met 

a Bandung painter, Kartono Yudhokusumo from whom he got direct influence of 

decorative style in painting. He received BKPM award (1953), a cultural award from the 

Indonesian Government (1972), the Best Biennial Painting, Yogyakarta (1986) and the 

ASEAN Award, Brunei Darussalam (1993). His works have been shown throughout 

Indonesia and abroad. He performed his solo exhibitions in Yogyakarta (1983), Jakarta 

(1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000 and participated in joint exhibition in Japan, Netherlands 

and United States for KIAS (1990 – 1991). Widayat paints freely, unburdened by anything. 

His attempts in infusing contents by adding symbols and indications give significance to 

his imaginary space. Reading Widayat’s works, we are seemingly taken to the archaic 

natures and to the daily life, without perspective, limitation of space and time. We may 

remark them as beautiful and alluring, crowding our retinas, innocently accepting reality, 

fascinatingly interpretable, and mystically thrilling the space. 


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009 

DATO’ TAY MO LEONG 

(b. Penang, 1938) 

The Nias Island House, 1977 

Batik Cloth: 91 x 61 cm 

Signed, lower left 

Literature: 

Tay Mo Leong Retrospective, Published by 

Lembaga Muzium Negeri Penang, pg. 185 

MYR 12,000-16,000 

USD 3,600 - 4,800 

010 

CHNG KIAH KIEAN 

(b. Terengganu, 1959) 

Temple in Jelutong, Penang 

Watercolour on paper: 55 x 75 cm 

Signed and dated, lower left 

MYR 5000 - 8000 

USD 1,500 - 2,400 

Ch’ng Kiah Kiean was born in 1974, in Penang. He is 

a trained architect, artist, designer and also the blog 

correspondent of Urban Sketches. His passion for 

old heritage structures and also his background in 

architect has driven him to produce the sketches of 

streetscapes. However, different from the normal 

architectural sketches, his works are jazzier, more 

spontaneous. His deep-rooted understand of 

structures enable him to interpret his city differently. 

This piece of Ch’ng shows the Jelutong Tai Tay Yah 

Temple, a Taoist temple that is located at one corner 

of Taman Jelutong. He played with line, shades and 

shadows to sketch out the charm of this historic 

building. Extra attention was placed in depicting 

the ornamented rooftop using shades of green, 

juxtaposed with the prevalence Chinese temple red. 

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011 

R. HADI 

Senja di Depan Pura 

R. Hadi came from Semarang, Center Java. His life is 

unfamiliar in public. He is a realist painter. A lot of his 

works are kept by collectors in Indonesia. 


Signed, lower left: R. Hadi 

MYR 4,000 - 6,000 

USD 1,200 - 1,800 


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Awang Damit 

012 

AWANG DAMIT 

(b. Sabah, 1956) 

Payarama, Di Pinggir Mekong, 2010 

Mixed Media on Canvas: 122 x 122 cm 

Signed and dated, on the reverse 

MYR 18,000 - 25,000 

USD 5,400 - 7,500 

Born in1956, Kuala Penyu (Sabah). Awang Damit is one of the renowned abstract expressionists in Malaysia. 

After graduating from UiTM in Fine Arts in 1983, he crafted his way into the Catholic University 

of America to Washington D.C., to obtain Masters in Fine Arts (1989). Awang Damit now lectures in 

UITM. He has held positions as the Curator of the Art Gallery and Head of the Fine Arts Department 

before being appointed an Associate Professor in 2000. 

While lecturing in UiTM, he completed the lauded series Marista (2002) and Iraga (2011). He also 

has started on his fourth series – Paya Ramahe – with a touch of modernity. His different styles of 

painting are what make people more attracted to his artwork. Awang Damit belongs to the second 

generation abstract expressionists in modern Malaysian art. This group widened the scope of their 

artistic expression turning landscapes and nature into a new set of visual language. In his paintings, 

everything is reduced to its essential elements, nothing superfluous or unnecessary retained. Colours 

are essential components. Immersed in a selection of earth colour, the master creates abstract spaces 

with his signature broad and daring brushstrokes. Awang’s non-representational painting, geometrical 

forms with diverse lines against subdivided background, is often unique and optimistic in spirit. Awang 

Damit has held various exhibitions both in groups as well as solo including the Bentuk and Makna by 

Galeri Seni FSSR (UiTM, 2000) and Intipati Budaya – Satu Sintesis show at the National Art Gallery 

(Kuala Lumpur, 1995). Awang Damit has also actively involved himself in shows abroad including in 

China, Taiwan, Japan and London. 


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013 

LI JIA YAO 

(China, 1901 - 1995) 

Lotus Pond, 

Coloured ink Ink on on Chinese rice rice paper: paper: 64 64 x 64 x 64 cm cm 

Signed, upper left, 

MYR 3,000 - 6,000 

USD 900 - 1,800 

014 

CHENG HAW-CHIEN 

(b. Penang, 1948) 

Lotus, 

Coloured ink on Chinese rice paper: 137x 68 cm 

Signed with chinese seal on upper right 

MYR 3,000 - 8,000 

USD 900 - 2,400 

1816 

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015 

MA XIGUANG, 

(b. China, 1932) 

Going to Market, 1995 

Colour ink on Chinese rice paper: 33 x 136 cm 

Inscribed in chinese character, lower left 

Stamped, lower right 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

016 

TATANG GANAR 

(Bandung, 1936 – 2004) 

Mawar Merah, 2002 


Signed and dated, lower right: T. Ganar ‘02 

This lot is accompanied with a certificate 

of authenticity from the artist 

MYR 2,000 - 3,000 

USD 600 - 900 

Born in Bandung, August 19, 1936. He graduated 

from ASRI Yogyakarta (1961) and lives in Bandung 

until now. Since 1965 he was active in participating 

in exhibitions in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali. Every 

year he had exhibition with Papilio Group in 

Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya. In 1994 he had 

his solo exhibition in Folklore I, TIM, Jakarta and 

Folklore II, Topaz Hotel, Bandung. 



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017 

KHOO SUI HOE 

(b. Kedah, 1939) 

Adoration, 1968 

Oil on Canvas: 86.5 x 86.5 cm 

Signed and dated Bottom Left: Sui Hoe ‘68, 

MYR 28,000 - 36,000 

USD 8,400 - 10,800 

Sui Hoe is among the NAFA artists who have created a distinctive individual style. Each of Sui Hoe’s work 

is created in a fantasy, imaginary dream-like scene. His people are always painted with simplified shapes: 

almond-eyed, owl-like face, round lips and geometrical limbs. Every subject matter is translated in the 

most simplified and calm manner yet deep in thought. 

Adoration is one of the signature paintings of Sui Hoe’s early creation. Here, Sui Hoe deftly challenges 

the logical narrative form and representation. A couple is painted under the moonlight. The female stands 

adoring a pot of flowers and the male lays tranquilly with closed eyes. The blue-red streak table creates 

profound visual excitement. Behind them is a big pasture of grassland shining under a full moon night. 

Everything is at its minimum dimensions – adoration the sublime of stillness and the serenity of quiet 

landscapes. 

Born in 1939 in Kedah, Khoo Sui Hoe attended the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1959 

and has chosen to further his studies at the Pratt Graphic Centre in New York. In 1974, he was awarded 

a scholarship grant from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund to study the development of contemporary 

art. He also won the first prize in the Oil, Malaysia Art and Craft competition in 1965, twice winning the 

Asian Arts Now Awards given by the Las Vegas Museum (USA) 2002 and 2004 respectively. He had his 

first one-man show in 1965 and has had 48 one-man shows all over the world. Last year, The Art Gallery 

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018 

JALAINI ABU HASSAN 

(b. Selangor, 1963) 

Sketsa Kopi Susu, 1998 

Mixed Media on Paper: 109 x 78 cm 

Illustrated in Jai: drawing with the mind’s eye,1999, pg 89 

MYR 28,000 - 36,000 

USD 8,400 - 10,800 


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019 

IRSAM 

(b. Klaten, 1942) 

Ibu dan Anak, 1979 


Signed and dated, lower left: Irsam, 1979 

Literature: 

Mikke Susanto, Jejak - jejak Dekoratif 

Published by PT Dwi Samapersada, 

Jakarta, 2013 

MYR 10,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,000 - 4,500 

Irsam was born in Ketandan, Klaten Central Java in June 24th, 1942. 

Since childhood he had dreamed to be a painter because he did not 

want to be like his father as a farming labour. He took his study at 

the Indonesian Fine Arts Academy (ASRI) Yogyakarta (1959 - 1965) 

and become a lecturer at then (1965 – 1967). His great fondness in 

Wayang has given a large contribution in his artworks. His works show 

a specific style: rich colors, patterns of dots and lines and textures. 

He rarely left an empty space in his paintings. Three major themes 

of Irsam’s paintings include: 1) Daily activities, 2) Mythology and 3) 

Mask. The present lot is one of his daily activities themes. This theme 

is expressed in painting with a simple composition. They often depict 

subjects of human’s activities without the restriction of time and space. 

Here, he tried to show the intimacy of a mother and a child expressing 

the beauty of human relationships. He had held his first exhibition in 

1967 in Jakarta. He received an award from the Philippines, Singapore, 

and Thailand. In 1980, he also joined in the Contemporary Asian Art 

Exhibition in Fukuoka Art Museum Japan. 

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020 

KHOO SUI HOE 

(b. Kedah, 1939) 

Flower Girl I 


Signed, lower left: Sui Hoe 

MYR 4,000-8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

021 

ISMADI SALLEHUDIN 

(b. Pahang, 1971) 

Manjalara Series “Hati-hati bila berkawan”, 2002 


Signed and dated, lower right: 

Ismadi ‘02 

MYR 10,000 - 22,000 

USD 3,000 - 6,600 

The current work in the auction is a semi-abstract 

work from the Manjalara Series entitled “Hatihati 

bila berkawan”. The nature of the subject of 

this series focuses on the life in a rural society. 

On the top of the painting, a two-edge sword is 

painted to the right above the title juxtaposes a 021 

giant green key. Below, three ISMADI empty SALLEHUDIN 

plates are 

placed on top of a green table, (b. written Pahang, hidup 1971) 

kais Manjalara ayam clearly Series reflecting “Hati-hati Ismadi’s bila berkawan”, message on 2002 

the difficulty country life. Throughout the works, 

he also employs Mixed the Media use on of Canvas: flora and 136 fauna x 155 as cm 

separate visual elements Signed that and associate dated, with lower the right: 

juvenescence of a rural life. 

Ismadi ‘02 

020 

KHOO SUI HOE 

(b. Kedah, 1939) 

Flower Girl I 


Signed, lower left: Sui Hoe 

MYR 4,000-8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

Born in 1971, Raub. Graduated MYR 10,000 from UiTM, - 22,000 

Kuala Lumpur, he also had obtained USD his 3,000 Masters - 6,600 

degree at De Monfort University, UK. Ismadi 

is a The prolific current artist work who in the actively auction participates is a semi-abstract in 

exhibitions. work from The the recent Manjalara solo show, Series Arjuna entitled Series “Hatihati 

in Museum bila berkawan”. of Asian The art nature in University of the Malaya subject of 

10 

was this a great series success. focuses on Last the year, life in together a rural with society. 

3 other On the artists, top of Ismadi the painting, had joined a two-edge exhibition sword is 

organised painted by to Pahang the right Art above Museum. the title juxtaposes a 

giant green key. Below, three empty plates are 

Colours placed are on very top important of a green to Ismadi. table, written His works hidup 

always kais ayam contain clearly full reflecting and vibrant Ismadi’s colours. message For on 

example, the difficulty he uses country red against life. Throughout blue; black the against works, 

white he to also create employs more the visual use excitement. of flora and fauna as 

separate visual elements that associate with the 

juvenescence of a rural life. 

Born in 1971, Raub. Graduated from UiTM, 

Kuala Lumpur, he also had obtained his Masters 

degree at De Monfort University, UK. Ismadi 

is a prolific artist who actively participates in 

exhibitions. The recent solo show, Arjuna Series 

10 in Museum of Asian art in University Malaya 

was a great success. Last year, together with 

3 other artists, Ismadi had joined exhibition 

organised by Pahang Art Museum. 

Colours are very important to Ismadi. His works 

always contain full and vibrant colours. For 

example, he uses red against blue; black against 

white to create more visual excitement. 




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022 

CHEN WEN HSI 

(Baigong, Caozhu, 1906 – Singapore, 1992) 

Two Squirrels 

Chinese ink on rice paper: 38 x 50 cm 

Signed and stamped in chinese character, 

upper right: 

MYR 20,000 - 40,000 

USD 6,000 - 12,000 

Born in 1906, Guangdong (China). Wen Hsi 

was an artist, an academician and a gallerist. 

He studied art at the Shanghai College of Art 

in 1928. Wen Hsi settled down in Singapore 

at 1948 and became an art teacher at The 

Chinese High School and taught there from 

1949 to 1968, concurrently teaching art at the 

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) from 

1951 to 1959. As a passionate art educator he 

had greatly influenced many of Singapore’s early 

Chinese artists. Wen Hsi was a great observant 

of nature. Almost everything can be the master’s 

inspiration to create exciting work namely, 

landscapes, human figures and animals. Chicken, 

gibbons, herons, carps and squirrels are some 

of his favourite subjects. Wen Hsi’s constant 

eagerness to strike for something new led him 

to learn finger painting – a technique that dates 

from the Tang Dynasty. This drawing style has 

enabled him to produce unpredictable broken 

stroke on paper. 



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023 

ISMAIL MAT HUSSIN 

(b. Kelantan, 1938) 

Pantai Sabak Kampung, undated 


Signed, lower right : Ismail Mat Hussin 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 

024 

KENG SENG CHOO 

(b. Kedah, 1945) 

From a Market, 1983 

Watercolour on Paper: 54 x 70.5 cm 


Seng Choo ‘83 

MYR 2,500-5,000 

USD 750 - 1,500 

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025 

CHIA YU CHIAN 

(Johor, 1936 - 1991) 

Penang Bridge, 1985 

Oil on Canvas: 53x 70 cm 

Signed and dated, upper left: Yu Chian , 1985 

MYR 18,000 - 28,000 

USD 5,400 - 8,400 


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026 

HENG EOW LIN 

(b. Kedah, 1946) 

Resistance, 2001 


Signed, top right: Eow Lin 

MYR 11,000-16,000 

USD 3,300 - 4,800 

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027 

ZULKIFLI YUSOFF 

(b. Kedah, 1962) 

Untitled, 1997 


Signed and dated, lower left: Zulkifli Yusoff ‘97 

MYR 9,000 - 14,000 

USD 2,700 - 4,200 


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028 

DZULKIFLI BUYONG 

(b. Kuala Lumpur 1948-2004) 

Kucing dan Bunga, 1990 

Oil on Board: 60 x 55 cm 

Signed and dated, 

on reverse, Dzulkifli,1990 

MYR 32,000 - 60,000 

USD 9,600 - 18,000 

“I like drawing children, colourful games, and abstract paintings from my surroundings. Beauty is not the key but to bring 

aesthetic value to common things that other don’t see is. Things that happen everyday, especially children, their joy and 

happiness are exception” 

Dzulkifli Buyong is an avant garde artist of all time. His love of everyday object is justified through his subject matters. Buyong 

has turned a monotonous everyday object into an exciting visual subject. 

This Kucing dan bunga is among the most interesting works of Dzulkifli Buyong. The composition of this painting is 

uncomplicated but the message is rather sophisticated. This painting can be read in two different levels. Aesthetically, it has 

a simple picture plane. The background is painted with a blue table is discerned lying against a whitish wall of which it is 

half covered by a sky bluish curtain. Foreground is occupied by a colour cat to the right and a pot of flowers to the left. A 

flower, light purple, is dropped on the far left of the table and a pink petal to the right. Each of the flowers is of five petals 

and is deliberately outlined in a distinctive colour. Without stalks, flowers are placed seemingly floating about the vase. 

Buyong seems to pay special attention to one flower, that’s the one on top painted with dark purple. It is also the same 

flower where the cat is starring at. Interestingly, the green-eyed cat possesses similar colours as the pot of flowers. It has 

grey skin with orange, brown and white spots overlapping each other. 

Pausing at this painting for a deeper thought, while Buyong is a passionate artist who exalts life in its full colour, it would 

be rather unusual for the artist to repeat similar colours for both the pot of flowers and the cat. What was in his mind? 

The exhibition Soal Identiti (Identity in question) of which the painting was once exhibited in 1990 may offer a closest 

clue. Buyong was one of the artists who was invited by the National Art Gallery to visually examining the questions of 

self-identity including life, tradition, culture or customs. The Kucing dan Bunga is one of the two that was submitted to 

the exhibition. Having this as a pointer, Buyong’s attempt in asking the million dollar questions “who are we” is rather 

appearance. The resemblance of colours between the cat and flower seems to suggest the cat is asking his own identity. 

Is it a cat or a resemblance of nature or its surroundings? The artist seems to invite spectator to enter a realm in search of 

one own personal identity and to engage in one’s own journey of self-discovery. The painting throws a simple yet important 

question of life. 

Born in 1948, Kuala Lumpur. Dzulkifli Buyong is one of the well-known artists. He received his art education at the Victoria 

Institution from 1961 to 1965, studying under Patrick Ng Kah Oon. He was a regular member of the Wednesday Art 

Group that formed in 1952 in Kuala Lumpur. It was an important local art cradle of that time. Among the contemporaries 

includes Syed Ahmad Jamal and Peter Harris. 

Dzulkifli Buyong had won many competitions since young age. At the age of 16, Buyong won numerous awards including a 

gold medal from the Queen , Tengku Ismail Tengku Budriah and first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al –Haj. 

At 19, he had been given chances to exhibits his work of art to public. During the times, he was considered as “Malaysian 

Teen Sensation” for his extraordinary hardwork as he successfully produces various work art at such a young age. Many 

Dzulkifli Buyong works are kept permanent collection in National Art Gallery and Gallery of National Bank. 


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029 

LATIFF MOHIDIN 

(b. Seremban, 1941) 

Shiraz II, 2000 


Signed and dated, lower right: Latiff 2000 

Titled, lower left: Shiraz II 

MYR 60,000 - 100,000 

USD 18,000 - 30,000 

3032 

Masterpiece Fine Art Art Auction - Malaysia -

Latiff Mohidin 

Born in 1941, Negeri Sembilan. Considered a national treasure, today, Latiff Mohidin is Malaysia’s most celebrated living artist and 

poet. He received his art training from Hochschule fur Bilende Kunster in Germany (1960). His residency in Germany has exposed 

him to German expressionists that later influenced his painting style. This formal training has perfected Latiff with the various 

techniques of pen, ink, charcoal, pencil and etching for drawing portraits, still life and landscapes. In 1969, Latiff furthered his studies in 

printmaking at Atelier La Courriere in Paris, France and subsequently to Pratt Graphic Centre in New York, USA. He started writing 

poetry in the early sixties. Since then, his work has been published in various magazines and translated into English and Chinese. 

Latiff’s work has received several local and international awards for his artworks and his writings. The Journey to 

Wetlands and Beyond features the five important series of works that Latiff developed from 1964 to 1998: Pago- 

Pago, Mindscape, Langkawi, Gelombang and Rimba. The artist has also received various arts and literary awards from national and 

international bodies 

Masterpiece Fine Art Art Auction - - Malaysia 

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030 

POPO ISKANDAR 

(Garut, 1927 – Bandung, 2000) 

Sun Flower, 1989 


Signed and dated, lower right: Popo '89 


of authenticity from Griya Seni Popo Iskandar 

MYR 7,000 – 9,000 

USD 2,100 – 2,700 

Born in Garut, December 17, 1927. He started to paint in 1944. 

He graduated from the University of Indonesia and Bandung 

Institute of Technology (ITB). Besides as a painter he is also 

an art critic and writer. In 1980 he received an art award from 

Indonesian Government. He has participated in many exhibitions 

in Indonesia as well as overseas. He works mostly on animals 

including chicken, cat, and tiger. He held his solo exhibitions 

at Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, Jakarta (1987, 1992, and 

1994), National Gallery, Jakarta (1999) and participated in group 

exhibitions at KIAS, USA (1990), the Best of Indonesia, Jakarta 

(1997), and Slovenia Gradec (1997). 

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031 

NUGROHO WIJAYATMO 

(b. Yogyakarta, 1980) 

Rise Up 

Acrylic on canvas: 130 x 100 cm 

Signed, lower right: Nugroho 

MYR 5,000 – 7,000 

USD 1,500 – 2,100 

Born on November 5th 1980 in Yogyakarta. Nugroho is one of the 

more expressive artists who representing Art Front. Most of his 

paintings are huge – measuring at least 1.4 metre, proudly displaying 

his strong and confident in impressionistic brushstrokes. He usually 

applied some mixing to capture the essence of his emotions whilst 

painting – clearly visible in his Oriental Series. Perhaps one of the 

most recognizable traits in his paintings is the vertical strokes that 

he adds as a crowning touch. It creates a room of interpretation of 

the viewer while giving an ambience of mystery. Having exhibited 

his works for more than ten years, Nugroho has a growing number 

of followers in the Asia Pacific region. 

Selected Exhibitions: 

2010 Exhibitions five of the Mirror “Gado Gado Tai Kebo” in 

Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta. 

Carnival and Fairs bohemial National Gallery, Jakarta. 

2009 Joint Exhibition “Nice Nice” at the Seven Star ArtSpace, 

Yogyakarta 

2008 Exhibition with the group Saturday afternoon “Oasis” 

at Griya SMSR, Yogyakarta 

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SUZLEE IBRAHIM 


Untitled , 1995 

Acrylic on canvas: 45.5 x 30 cm 

Signed and dated, lower left: 

Suzlee ‘95 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 


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033 

AGUS DJAYA 

(Pandeglang, West Java, 1913 - 1993) 

Tari Tayub, 1977 



Agus Djaya, 1977 

MYR 6,500 – 8,000 

USD 1,950 – 2,400 

Born in Pandeglang, West Java, April 1, 1913. He studied art at Rijks Academie 

Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (1947 – 1949) and Universiteit Amsterdam, 

Facultieit van Journalistiek (1947 – 1949). He studied art under the guidance of 

painters namely Willem van der Berg and Van Thienen. In Europe, he encountered 

great painters like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, and Ossip Zadkine. He participated 

in numerous exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas. He received an honor to held an 

exhibition in Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) which had fostered not only his name 

but also Indonesian Painters to the world. In 1947, he participated in the International 

Exhibition, Monaco and received an award “Le Grand Prix de la Peinture de Monaco. 

In 1965, he received an award “L’oscar de Peinture” in the International exhibition 

in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. In 1993, the Indonesian government awarded him the Art 

Award and many military medals for his active participation in the Indonesian struggle 

for independence. His contribution in Indonesian art development is testified by 

founding art studios and galleries in Bali (1953) and also initiated the Agus Djaya 

Foundation of Fine Art and Social education in Jakarta. 

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034 

MARVIN CHAN 

(b. Kuala Lumpur, 1972) 

Sisters, 2008 



Marvin Chan, 08 

MYR 12,000 - 16,000 

USD 3,600 – 4,800 

This current painting in the auction is one of the earlier works of Marvin. Two sisters 

stand side by side. They seem mirroring two characters: one humble, the other proud; 

one has a clean dress on, the other having an old one; one is clean, the other is unkempt 

and one with fresh grapes in hand, the other has two empty pockets. It seems that 

the artist intent to draw a relation established between two opposite characters. To 

intensify the emotional effect, Marvin combines layers of dark colours over light and light 

over dark with the paint-dripping technique. He envelops his subjects with an unusual 

background, an undefined space. 

Born in 1972. Marvin Chan is a proficient self-taught who have a strong and successful 

advertising background. Among the many exhibitions Marvin participated includes Das 

Gebet (2012), Cintakasih (2011) and Inconsequential Consequences of Hope (2010). 


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035 

SUDJONO ABDULLAH 

(Yogyakarta, 1911 – 1993) 

Landscape 


Signed, lower left: S. Abdullah 

MYR 8,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,400 – 3,600 

Raden Soedjono Abdullah was born in Yogyakarta, 1911. He was 

the son of Abdullah Suriosubroto, a famous landscape painter and 

was also the brother of Basoeki Abdullah. He used to help his father 

cleaning the pallet of which his interest of art stemmed from. He 

finished his school from HIS – Indonesian Dutch School and worked 

as a poster artist for the Rex Theater in Yogyakarta. During the 

Japanese colonization in Indonesia, Sudjono went to Parangtritis, 

Parangkusumo where he continued to paint. During the 1970s, 

Soedjono moved to Kertosono in East Java, where he lived till his 

death in the village of Pisang at Patian Rowo on 2 May 1993. 

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036 

KUO JU PING 

(Fujian, 1908 - 1966) 

Boats 

Oil on Jute: 34 x 44.5 cm 

Signed, lower left: 若萍 

MYR 12,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,600 – 4,500 

037 

LOO HOOI NAM 

(b. Penang, 1965) 

a. A New Beginning 

b. Relaxed Ripples, 2013 

Oil on Canvas: @ 33x 44 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Hooi Nam ‘13 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 

a. 

b. 


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038 

ABDUL AZIZ 

(Purwokerto, 1928 - Bali, 2002) 

Dropping the Soap 


Signed, lower left: Abdul Aziz 

MYR 32,000 - 55,000 

USD 9,600 – 16,500 

Abdul Aziz 

Abdul Aziz was born in Purwokerto, Central Java on March 27, 1928. The master showed 

precocious artistic talent since childhood. His first diploma was in Social Sciences from 

Gajah Mada University. He then studied art at the Indonesian Fine Arts Academy (ASRI) 

in Yogyakarta. Due to his exceptional talent he was awarded a scholarship to study at the 

Academia di Belle Arti in Rome in 1958, where he was awarded two diplomas, in painting and 

in decoration. He returned to Indonesia in 1965 and lectured in Fine Art at Udayana University. 

Subsequently, Abdul Aziz established his own studio in Ubud (Bali). He is now regarded as one 

of Indonesia’s greatest artists of the 20th Century. Originally from Central Java but became a 

resident of Bali for the latter part of his life. The name of Aziz was widely known and his realistic 

paintings of village scenes and beautiful women are widely sought after. For portraits, he often 

depicts a sitter or in groups. Yet his oeuvre stands out as more of an individual contribution to 

Indonesian art history than most. It belongs to the artist group who referred to as the ‘greats’: 

artists who received western art training and found to be the most original and innovative 

artists by renowned art writers of their time. 

A preparatory Sketch for “Dropping the soap” 

Masterpiece 23 November 2013, Lot 205 

Sold - Hammer Price IDR. 200.000.000,- 

Masterpiece Singapore 11 March 2012, Lot 76 

Sold - Hammer Price SGD 120.000,- 


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039 

TANG HONG LEE 

(b.Penang, 1963) 

Rising Sun, 2011 



T.HongLee 2011 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 

040 

RADUAN MAN 

(b. Pahang, 1978) 

Animals 1, 2006 

Mixed media on canvas: 122 x 122 cm 

Signed and dated , lower right: 

Raduan Man, 2006, 

Signed and Dated on the reverse 

MYR 7,000 - 10,000 

USD 2,100 – 3,000 

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041 

KHOO SUI HOE 

(b. Kedah, 1939) 

Two Passing, 2012 


Signed, lower right 

MYR 32,000 - 60,000 

USD 9,600 – 18,000 


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042 

TAN CHOON GHEE 

(Penang, 1930 - 2010) 

Sailing Boats, 1979 


Signed and dated, lower right: Choon Ghee, 1979 

MYR 18,000 - 25,000 

USD 5,400 – 7,500 

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043 

SUHAIDI RAZI 

(b.Sarawak,1977 ) 

Flying Duck, 2010 

Scrap Metal: 46x 61x 38 cm 

Signed ,lower right: Suhaidi Razi 

Documented in Exhibition Catalogue., 

Published by NN gallery 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

“Growing up in small village in east coast, the birthplace of 

my mother, I was surrounded by nature, farming activity, 

paddy field and harmonic people which was greatly 

influenced my art making. My home and my studio are 

located on a land also used for goat farming. The farm 

house studio with fresh green pasture, clean air, horses, 

duckling, and the occasional visits by small reptiles is a 

source of inspiration for my new art pieces. My works have 

a more contemporary feel as I mix together elements of 

nature with industrial media. Other elements utilized in my 

works include natural and found object, while using both 

classical and technologically advanced ways to producing 

art like scrap metal welding and collage in my art piece.” 

Born in 1977, Sarawak. Suhaidi Razi is known for his 

outstanding talent in sculptures which is an area in fine art. 

He holds a Fine Art degree from Universiti Teknologi Mara 

(UiTM). As a sculptor, his works have been exhibited in 

various public and private galleries around Malaysia. His 

involvements in painting were also incredible as he won 

the Minor award with a ‘Catan Tasik Kenyir’ work in 1999. 

He was the recipient of many awards, including the minor 

award at the Johor Art Festival; the major award in the 

Nokia Painting competition in 2002; the Annual Pahang 

Competition a year later; in 2004, he took home the 

Grand Prize in the ‘Life Drawing Competition’ at the Pesta 

Anggerik organized by the Shah Alam Gallery. 

044 

TRESNA SURYAWAN 

(Bandung, 1943) 

Penari, 1993 


Signed and dated, lower left: 93, Tresna 

MYR 3,000 – 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 

Born in Bandung, October 12, 1943. The first son of the 

painter Maestro Karmini Hendra and Hendra Gunawan. 

Tresna began actively exhibiting in 1975 in Bandung and 

actively distributes his work in several places in Indonesia, 

including Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali. Tresna work has also 

entered the Christie’s auction in Singapore and has been 

collected by art lovers at home and abroad. 


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045 

LI JIA YAO ( 李家耀 ) 

(China, 1901 - 1995) 

Cymbidium, 兰菊 


Inscribed in chinese character, Upper right 

MYR 3,000 - 6,000 

USD 900 – 1,800 

046 

BO YUAN, 伯圆长老 

(China, 1914-2009) 

Bamboo, 竹 , 1981 

Chinese Ink on Rice Paper: 115.5 x 55.5 cm 

Inscribed in chinese character, Upper left 

MYR 7,000 - 10,000 

USD 2,100 – 3,000 

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HUANG YAO 黄尧 

(Shanghai, 1914 - 1987) 

Zheng Ban Qiao’s Poetry, 1982 


Inscribed in chinese character, Upper area 

Literature: 

Pine Studio Collection of 

Huang Yao’s Paintings, 2013 pg. 35 

MYR 20,000 - 30,000 

USD 6,000 – 9,000 


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048 

IBRAHIM HUSSEIN 

(Kedah, 1936 - 2009) 

Sport Series, 1986 

8 Pieces of Litho Print describing 

sport series, ed.1/200 : 61 x 46 cm 

Signed and dated, Ibrahim Hussein , 1986 

MYR 50,000 - 80,000 

USD 15,000 – 24,000 

Sport Series (1985) consists of a separate set of 8 sports: Handball, high jump, cycling, running, wresting, hurdles race, golfing, hockey, and. The careful 

placing of each activity demonstrates Ib. Hussein’s simple yet intricate detailed play of composition. Each of the sports has a beautiful rhythmic layout. 

Players are the dominant of Handball. An invisible triangular foreground dictates the busy motion of the sport. In High Jump, the stand is deliberately 

placed in the middle to cut through the stillness of blue at the bottom. Movement of sportsmen is intensified by overlapping lines against the background. 

Similar dynamic action can be seen in Cycling. Ib. Hussein pays no attention, at all, to the bicycle itself but the movement of the cyclist, harmonious yet 

progressive. Similarly, in Wrestling, forces concentrates at the lower half of the painting. It creates a contrasting optical excitement. All the visual weigh 

seems to put against the blue wrestler who has no chance to retaliate upon. In the Running print, Ib. uses lines to form the unity of runners. 

Though figures of sportsmen are unidentified, Ib exquisitely used line to connect the disparate field. Among all, Hurdle Race demonstrates the most 

dynamic movement of lines; diagonal lines suggest the background; overlapping lines form depth; distant lines give space; and, finally long and wavy 

lines create an optical illusion of continuity past. An unusual technique of Ib. in Golfing is the use of contrasting colours, red against green, so overtly. 

This approach is rather rare in Ib.’s works. A golfer is getting ready to hit. The artist multiplies the figures of the golfer to create an expressive gestural 

movement. Among all prints, the sport of Hockey is the most colour one. The player with ochre jersey vigorously pushes against the blue players where 

forces eventually converge. Ib. astutely placed repetitive short and repetitive lines on top of one another with diagonal lines lays across which forms an 

innovative surge of lines technique. No other artist has had used line as par excellence as Ib. 

*Each of them is the 1 st edition. 


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049 

JOSEF 

(b. Solo, C. Java, 1959) 

Interior Series - Red Sofa, 2008 


Signed, lower right: Josef 

Born in Solo, Centra Java, 24 February 1959. He is 

an autodidact painter. He produces portraits and still 

life objects from his surroundings in a realist style and 

sometimes surreal. He joined some groups and solo 

exhibition in several major cities in Jakarta, Yogyakarta 

and Surabaya. 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 

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050 

SYED THAJUDEEN 

(b. India, 1943) 

Adam’s Peak 

Oil on canvas: 60,5 x 48,5 cm 

Signed, lower right: Syed 

MYR 10,000 - 14,000 

USD 3,000 – 4,200 

a. 

b. 

051 

ZULKIFLI YUSOFF 

(b. Kedah, 1962) 

a. Untitled, 1999 

b. Untitled, 1999 


Signed and dated, lower right, Zulkifli Yusof, 99 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 – 2,400 


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052 

CHEUNG POOI YIP 

(b. Penang, 1936) 

Old Ruins, 2002 

Acrylic on Canvas: 125 x 106 cm 

Signed and dated, bottom left: Pooi Yip, 2002 

MYR 13,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,900 – 5,400 

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053 

ROEDYAT MARTADIREDJA 

(Bandung, 1932 – 2002) 

Bali Life, 1965 



Roedyat Bali 1965 

Born in Bandung, 1932. He started painting in 1948 and 

studied at the Bandung Institute of Technology. He held 

his solo exhibition in Jakarta (1978) and in the East-West 

Center’s Art of Bali exhibition in Honolulu, Hawaii (1988). 

His works are unique, rich and colourful. Very often, it 

instils a strong sense of rhythm. His works are in private 

collections of European and the United States. 

MYR 20,000 - 30,000 

USD 6,000 – 9,000 


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054 

CHONG HON FATT 

(b. Penang, 1941) 

Old Building, 2005 


Signed and dated, lower left: Chong ‘05 

MYR 5,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,500 – 2,400 

055 

LOO HOOI NAM 

(b. Penang, 1965) 

Memories from Old Town, 2011 


Documented in Rhythms & Resonaances, 

27 Years of the Art of Loo Hooi Nam, 

pg 68 

MYR 7,000-10,000 

USD 2,100 – 3,000 

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056 

AHMAD SYAHBANDI 

(b. Palembang, 1968) 

Aku Diantaranya, 2004 



Ahmad Syahbandi, 2004 

Born in Palembang, Sumatra, 1968. He graduated from the Indonesian 

Art Institute (ISI) Yogyakarta. He participated in several group 

exhibitions including “Seni untuk Semua” Yogyakarta (1994), Re-Kreasi 

in Museum H. Widayat, Magelang (2002), “Exhibition Sculpture” in 

Benda Gallery Yogyakarta (2003), “in Search of Peace” in WTC Jakarta 

(2003) and “relation” in Edwin’s Gallery Surabaya. He was awarded as 

the Finalist Adi Rupa Citra Raya I Exhibition in Tangerang. 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 


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56 


Ismail Mat Hussin 

057 



In a Market, 2008 



Ismail Mat Hussin, 2008 

MYR 35,000-40,000 

USD 10,500 – 12,000 

Market Place is a batik work that of women-dominant. It is an early morning market 

scene where villagers are out and about. At the foreground, three ladies seem 

sealing an important marketing deal. Each of them seems contented with the selling 

and purchasing. Behind the scene is a busy market; a mother is carrying an infant on 

her left while considering the offer by a seller; in the middle, a woman is cycling away 

from the market and to the left, a beca is spotting at the heavy-loaded ladies who 

just bought a basket of food hoping them to hop on. These are the scenes must not 

be unusual for Mat Hussin as had translated the market life to the fullest. 

Born in 1938, Kelantan. Ismail Mat Hussin is Malaysia’s most senior living master in 

batik painting today. He uses the batik technique to capture the aesthetic Malaysia 

life in the east coast. Village scenes have been one of his favourite subjects and daily 

life are recorded like a picturesque scene. Many of his works portray bustling market, 

children playing traditional games, fishing village and kampong scene. 


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058 

ARIFIEN NEIF 

(b. Surabaya, 1955) 

Women Figure, 1990 


Signed and dated, lower right: Neif ‘90 

MYR 6,500 - 8,000 

USD 1,950 – 2,400 

Born in Surabaya, 1955. He was a self-taught artist. He was known for his 

naïve style with imaginative figures. Initially he worked as a mason, but due to 

his artistic talents he decided to engage in painting full time in 1980. He held 

his solo exhibition at Bin House, Jakarta (1989), the Lorin & Kristy Art Gallery, 

Singapore (1995). He participated in various group and solo exhibitions since 

1989 including Tresor International Fine Art Exhibition in Singapore (1993 & 

1994), Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia/ Bradbury International fine art exhibition 

in Jakarta (1994) and Gallery Santi (1995 – 1997). 

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059 

TAYEP BIN YOP 

(b. Penang, 1931) 

Forest Charm I & II, 1996 


Signed and dated, bottom right, Tayep ‘96 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 – 3,000 

060 

FONG KIM SING 

(b.Kedah, 1949) 

Kuala Series, 1997 


Signed and dated, lower right 

Documented in Works by Fong 

KimSing Published by NN gallery 

MYR 3,000 - 6,000 

USD 900 – 1,800 


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061 

I GEDE MADE SURYA DARMA 

(b. Bali, 1982) 

Permainan Asumsi, 2006 



I Gede Made Surya Darma Yogya ‘06 

Signed, titled and dated on the reverse 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 – 1,500 

Born in Bali, on 25 April 1982. He studied at the Indonesian 

Art Institute (ISI) Yogyakarta. He held his solo exhibition 

“Vitamin, Via-via Café” in Yogyakarta (2007). He also has 

participated in several group exhibitions such as So What 

Gitu Loh at V-Art Gallery Café, Yogyakarta (2007), Tasti 

Loops at Semarang Gallery (2007), Rica Ri Cari, at UNS Solo 

(2006), Refresh at Lana Gallery Yogyakarta (2005), Having 

Fun at Sanggar dewata Bali (2004), Omong Kosong at Labor 

Club Australia (2003) and etc. He was awarded as the Best 

Watecolor Painting from FSR ISI Yogyakarta (2003). 

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062 

LEE CHENG YONG 

(Shanghai, 1913 - 1974) 

Fruits, 1956 



bottom left: CY ‘56 

MYR 18,000 - 35,000 

USD 5,400 – 10,500 


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063 



Untitled 


MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 – 2,400 

064 

RAPHAEL SCOTT AHBENG 

(b. Bau, 1939) 

Solace , 2008 

Oil on canvas: 48.5 x 74 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: RSA’08 

MYR 5,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,500 – 2,400 

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065 

RUSLI 

(Medan, 1912 – Jakarta 2005) 

Cibodas, 1973 


Signed and dated, lower right: Rusli, 1973 

MYR 8,500 - 12,000 

USD 2,550 – 3,600 


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Dato’ Chuah Thean Theng 

066 

DATO’ CHUAH THEAN THENG 

(China, 1914 - 2008) 

Pounding Rice, 1972 


Signed, bottom right: Teng 

MYR 80,000 – 200,000 

USD 24,000 – 60,000 


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067 

CHENG SHUI 

(b. Bogor, West Java, 1981) 

Bakar Sate 

Oil on board: 120 x 60 cm 

Signed, lower right: Cheng Shui 

MYR 4,000 – 6,000 

USD 1,200 – 1,800 

Ong Cheng Shui was born in Bogor, West Java in 

1981. He is an autodidact painter who found his 

interest in painting since he was young. He has been 

actively involved in arts since 2000. As a professional 

painter, he has participated in several group 

exhibitions since 2000 until now. Among others 

group exhibition at Bogor (2000), at Crown Plaza 

Hotel (January, 2010), at Pacific Place (March, 2010), 

at Pondok Indah Mall (April, 2010), and at Grand 

Indonesia, (July, 2010). His artworks have been in the 

collections of both local and foreign collectors. As a 

painter, he was inspired by Lee Man Fong paintings. 

His subject of paintings closely connected with the 

animals, village scenes and peasant daily lives which 

have become the sought after themes of painting by 

collectors. 

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068 

KHAW SIA 

(Shanghai 1913 - 1984) 

Crab, Prawn, Cockles with Chilli 


Signed, lower left: K. SIA 

Literature: 

The Art of Khaw Sia and Kuo Ju Ping, 

Pioneer artists, 2014, by Dato Dr Tan Chee 

Khuan, published by The Art Gallery, pg 63 

MYR 6,000 – 9,000 

USD 1,800 – 2,700 

069 

YUSOF GHANI 

(b. Johor, 1950) 

Biring, 2006 

Pastel / Charcoal on Paper : 48 x 66 cm 

Signed, lower right Yusof Ghani 

MYR 7,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,100 - 3,600 

b. 


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070 

AMRON OMAR 

(b. Kedah, 1957) 

Pertarungan II, 2005 

Charcoal on Paper: 75 x 50 cm 

Signed and dated upper left: Amron ‘05 

Literature: 

Pertarungan, Amron Omar, 2012, 

published by National Visual Arts Gallery, 

KL, pg. 155. 

MYR 12000 - 18,000 

USD 3,600 - 5,400 

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071 

CHUAH SIEW TENG 

(b. Penang, 1944) 

To The Mosque 

Batik Cloth: 92 x 58.5 cm 

Signed, lower left: S.Teng 

MYR 12,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,600 - 5,400 


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072 

DATO' SIM MOW YU, 沈慕羽 

(Malacca, 1913 - 2009) 

Confucius Proverb, 2003 

Ink on Rice Paper: 66.5 x 33.5 cm 

Signed and dated, left, 沈慕羽 , 癸未 

MYR 3,000 - 6,000 

USD 900 - 1,800 

a. 

b. 

073 

MA XIGUANG, 马西光 

(b. China, 1932) 

a. Riding Mule 

b. Bull Fighting 

Coloured ink on Chinese rice 

paper: 

@ 34 x 138 cm 

Signed,Left edge, 西光 

MYR 4,000-8,000 

USD 1,200 – 2,400 

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DR. CHUNG CHENSUN, 钟正山博士 

(b. Malacca, 1935) 

Bamboo, 2001 


Stamped and signed, lower right: 正山 

MYR 13,000 - 20,000 

USD 3,900 - 6,000 


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075 

H. H LIM 

(b. Kedah,1954) 

Image Project on Canvas, 1996 


Signed and dated, lower right 

Signed and dated again on reverse 

MYR 30,000 - 50,000 

USD 9000 - 15,000 

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Born in 1954, Alor Setar. H.H. Lim has been practicing art in Rome from 1976 and has remained there ever since to pursue his 

artistic endeavour.His topic of interest includes language and communication - a central theme that tackle linguistics issues. He is 

also known to employ elements of everyday-life in his works from the 1980s such as ‘religious objects and images, linguistic images, 

cuisine recipes, objects of everyday use, arms of defense, political images’ to represent ‘the resistance of survival to everyday life’. 

H.H. Lim is among the most high-profiled Malaysian international artists today, and is an item in major international art publications and art auctions. He 

is an installation cum Neo-Conceptual artist, with a penchant for colossal works, often non-conventional, which occupy huge spaces. While his works are 

conceptual in nature and transcendental in intention, wry words and content are central elements in his art, achieving poetic effect coupled with his elegant 

choice of materials. At times, he is also a performance artist. 

In year 2013, his works have been featured in the Cuban Pavilion of the Venice Biennale and he was also involved in the Prague Biennale. Besides the 

2010 Venice Architecture Biennale, he was specially invited for the John Cage Experiments And Its Context at NCCA, Moscow. His other Solo exhibitions 

include “Daily Music” – IzuZone Penang (2012); “Forte Piano”, Rome (2012); “Il Tesoro Nascosto”, The Westin Excelsior, Rome (2012) and at GNAM 

(Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, Rome); “Hidden Treasure” Bangkok (2011); Concentr Azione, Milan (2011); and “Gone With The Wind” exhibition 

at UCCA Beijing, China (2010). 


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AGUS RIYADI 

(b. Sleman, Yogyakarta, 1979) 

Untitled I, 2011 



2011, Agus Riyadi 

Born in Sleman Yogyakarta on 21 August 1979. He has actively 

participated in several group exhibitons such as the KIAF(Korea 

International Art Fair), Art Seasons Gallery, COEX, WTC Seoul 

Korea (2008), Dies Natalis ISI Yogyakarta (2005-2007), Group 

exhibitions with Kelompok Kereta Yogyakarta (2002), and the 

Anniversary of SMSR Yogyakarta (1998). 

MYR 1,500 – 2,000 

USD 450 – 600 

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077 

LEE LONG LOOI 

(b. Kedah, 1942) 

A Shephard 


Signed, lower left, Long Looi Lee 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

078 

HENG EOW LIN 

(b. Kedah, 1946) 

Lovers Passion 

Bronze: 18 x 18 x 20cm 

MYR 9,000-14,000 

USD 2,700 - 4,200 


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079 

ISMAIL LATIFF 

(b. Malacca 1955) 

Blue Moon Light 


Signed, lower right : Ismail Latiff 

MYR 24,000 - 30,000 

USD 7,200 - 9,000 

Born in 1955, Malacca. He graduated from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1979. In the same year he 

won the Frank Sullivan Award in the Graphic Art section of the Salon Malaysia organized by the National 

Art Gallery. Ismail Latiff started his career in advertising industry before becoming a full-time artist during 

the period of 1985 and 1986. Moon is his signature in his paintings. He always placed it in the centre of his 

work; according to the artist himself, the circle is a symbol of perfection and balance. 

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080 

YAP CHIN HOE 


Timeless Beauty, 2013 

Oil on Canvas: 

i) 46 x 122 

ii) 91.5 x 102 

iii) 46 x 122 

Signed and dated, on reverse 

MYR 16,000 - 25,000 

USD 4,800 - 7,500 

Born in 1970 in Klang, Selangor. Yap Chin Hoe has been a full time artist since he graduated from the 

Malaysian Institute of Arts in 1991. He also obtained a Double Major in Oil Painting and Printmaking. Chin 

Hoe’s artistic talent was apparent from a young age. Having spent a great deal of time in learning European 

and American art, he embarked on an experimental journey with oil and acrylic in the later years. His solo 

and group exhibitions include Pameran Bakat Muda Sezaman at the National Art Gallery Malaysia in 1990 

and Serendipity at Artfilio Gallery, Singapore in 2007. Chin Hoe has won many awards which included 

a first prize in an art competition held in in conjunction with Estee Lauder Breast Awareness Campaign 

1996. 

Chin Hoe’s poetic still-life paintings have positively contributed towards enriching the Malaysian art scene 

today. He establishes an approach of traditional classic Western still-life with a refreshing emphasis of 

the subject itself. All of Yap’s works are painted with intricate details, concentrating on the aesthetic and 

preciousness of the subjects. A simplistic blue flora has added aesthetic elements for the Chinese vase, 

the flutter of sparrow wings, graceful of the batik drapes together creates a soft harmony to his painting. 


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081 

ERNEST DEZENTJE 

(Jatinegara, 1885 – 1972) 

Lake View 


Signed, lower left: Ern. Dezentje 

Born in Jatinegara, Java, 1885. He was a self-taught artist who 

came from French. He was a member of the Bataviasche 

Kunstkring. He practised impressionism and sometimes 

divisionistic style. He has participated in several exhibitions to 

represent his works. He received prizes from former President 

Soekarno. He died in 1972. 

MYR 9,000 - 15,000 

USD 2,700 - 4,500 

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082 

KUO JU PING 

(Fujian, 1908 - 1966) 

Trees by the Beach 


Signed, lower right: 若萍 

MYR 6,000 - 9,000 

USD 1,800 - 2,700 

083 


(b. Kedah, 1945) 

Crossing Bridge, 1983 



Seng Choo ‘83 

MYR 2,500 - 5,000 

USD 750 - 1,500 


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084 

CHEONG SOO PIENG 

(China, 1917 - 1984) 

Abstract landscape, 1968 


Signed on the left: 泗宾 

Signed and dated on the reverse: Soo Pieng, 1968 

MYR 40,000 - 60,000 

USD 12,000 - 18,000 

Cheong Soo Pieng 

Soo Pieng’s mastery of the painterly technique by the late 1960s placed him on mature style. In Abstract 

Lanscape, Soo Pieng deploys his command and understanding of the medium to a quintessentially 

natural subject. The master sought to impregnate painting with poetic sensibility with minimal abstraction 

pictorial conception. He casts a deep emotional resonance here – in seeking a sublime and poetic 

experience. Cress used geometric forms and saturated colours to capture the plains of the mountainous. 

A house stands steadfast and tranquil and protected on all sides by mountains. Below, there is a stream 

making its way for the rushing river. The symmetrical composition offers a sense of stillness within a 

surreal parade of scene. Soo Pieng uses opacity and transparency of cold colours to create a balance 

reducing spatial tension between abstract forms. The current piece shows his fusion compositional 

mastery and sensitivity to the atmospheres and rhythms of a landscape to the fullest. 

Born in 1917, Amoy (China). Soo Pieng received his training in the Xiamen Academy of Fine Art and 

Shanghai. In 1946, Soo Pieng came to Singapore and took a teaching position at the Nanyang Academy 

of Fine Arts (NAFA, 1947). A life fueled by an infinite passion for art, in 1961, Soo Pieng decided to be 

a fulltime artist. Throughout his career, he held 18 acclaimed solo exhibitions in Singapore and around 

the world, and received many honours. Soo Pieng was an experimental artist who combined in a very 

personal and original way through different media. Besides painting on canvas, he ventured into ceramic, 

sculpture, installation art, collage and mixed media. Filled with an insatiable yearning for art, the artist 

acquired major art movements and techniques in the West. Soon after, he developed his unique style 

– a new style of abstract and figurative art. His signature works are figures with elongated limbs and 

torso, almond-shaped faces and eyes. This style of painting which comes to define the Nanyang style of 

painting, attracted a lot of followers. 


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CHOH KIAT SIANG 

(b.Kedah, 1968) 

a. Enjoy the Sunshine, 2013 

b. The beauty of arrangement- Friendship, 2012 

Watercolour on Paper: 56 x76 cm 

Literature: 

The Passion of Nostalgia, Choh Kiat Siang, 2013 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

a. 

b. 

Born in 1968, Kedah. Graduated from Kuala Lumpur College of Art in 1990 with a 

Diploma in Fine Art. Kit Siang has always worked in watercolour which he believes it 

enables to present the ideas of luminosity and clarity. Usually he derives his theme from 

the object around him ranging from the cutleries in the kitchen to household tools. Kit 

Siang sets them against a picturesque background. His paintings also provide a sense of 

nostalgia: the old pottery, oil lamps and clogs remind viewer scene of yesteryear. Enjoy the 

sunshine, depicted a traditional Chinese wooden clogs leaning against a brick while facing 

the sunlight as if having a sunbathing. Kit Siang’s sensitivity towards details enabled him to 

capture the reflection of light and the unique texture of each object. While for The Beauty 

of Arrangement-Friendship, a few items are deliberately arranged on a table accordingly. 

As suggested by the title, Kit Siang seems honouring ‘friendship’. A teapot and a cup, a 

Chinese brush and a rice paper losses its meaning without one or another. His title was 

amplified by a pair of panda poster at the back; one of the panda is holding his partner 

suggesting the closeness of their relationship. 

086 

WEI LIN 

(China, 1913 - 2002) 

Plum Blossom 

Colour Ink on Rice Paper: 66.5 x 33.5 cm 

Signed,upper right: 为霖 

MYR 8,000 - 14,000 

USD 2,400 - 4,200 

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087 

ABDUL MUTALIB BIN ZAKARIA 

(Kedah, 1950 - 2012) 

Joget Gelombong Beralut, 2007 


Signed, lower right 

Signed again on the reverse 

MYR 13,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,900 - 5,400 


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088 

GERARD PIETER ADOLFS 

(Semarang, 1899 – The Netherlands, 1968) 

Three Figures, 2009 


Signed, lower right : R, Adolfs 

MYR 18,000 – 25,000 

USD 5,400 – 7,500 

Adolfs was focusing on mainly East Javanese landscapes, urban scenes, temple gates 

and scenes with proa boats. His interest in the architectural element increased in equal 

measure. The human figures still featured in his compositions as mere “extras”, not as 

characters. Some of these paintings had a menacing, even macabre quality to them, due to 

the dramatic light, a result of chiaroscuro. Adolfs probably picked this up from Caravaggio 

(the inventor of chiaroscuro), whose works and those of other Old Masters, he had 

studied in Rome during his 1928 study tour. 

In his works he has always attempted to represent the light, color and the simple joy of 

life that impregnates the native scenes of the East. Adolfs had refined his style of painting, 

and had grown into a truly brilliant interpreter of the fierce tropical light. The colors are 

perfectly ablaze within the light and shades. As can be seen from the works reproduced, 

he has a bold, vigorous style, applying his pigments with quick strokes of the palette knife. 

The main subjects of his works are scenes of Java, Bali, Japan (market sceneries, cockfights, 

landscapes and townscapes) and of North Africa. 

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089 

CHUAH SEOW KENG 

(b. Penang, 1944) 

Fighting Cockerel, 2009 

Batik Cloth: 60.5 x 90 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: S.Keng ‘09 

MYR 22,000 - 28,000 

USD 6,600 - 8,400 


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090 

OTTO DJAYA 

(Rangkas Bitung, West java, 1916 - 2002) 

Penari Jalanan, 1999 


Signed and dated, lower right: Otto Djaya, 1999 

MYR 4,600 - 8,000 

USD 1,380 - 2,400 

Born in Rangkas Bitung, Banten, West Java on October 6, 1916. During the Japanese colonialism 

in Indonesia, he received his army training as an officer in the “Pembela Tanah Air” (Defenders of 

the country) in BogorAs a Major in the Indonesian Army, he took part in the Armed Struggle for 

the Independence of the Republic of Indonesia. After the proclamation, Otto had an opportunity 

to study at the “Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten” in Amsterdam and at the Faculty of Letters 

and Philosophy, University of Amsterdam. He also had an opportunity joining the study-tour of 

the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Swiss. Otto was a Vice Chairman of the Art Section of 

the Cultural Centre in Jakarta. He joined in the “Exposition le Grand Prix de Peinture en Monaco” 

in Monte Carlo and in Biennial Exhibition in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Besides his one-man exhibitions in 

Jakarta, Otto often took part in group exhibitions in Jakarta and Melbourne, Australia. 

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091 



Playing Wau, 2000 

Watercolor on paper: 54 x 74 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Ismail Mat 

Hussin, 2000 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

092 

CHAN CHIOW TENG 

(b. China, 1949) 

Fresh Sand, 2002 

Oil on canvas: 59.5 x 59.5 cm 


Chiow Teng, 2002 

MYR 7,000 - 11,000 

USD 2,100 - 3,300 

The painting Fresh Sand has a unique 

composition. The way the artist framed 

the seascape is rather original. Half of the 

painting is painted with plain beige-ochre 

sand; while the other half is fully of liveliness. 

Five fishermen, in silhouette, are pushing a 

boat ashore. To add details into the painting, 

at the far of the horizon, Chiow Teng 

includes a floating boya. 

Born in 1949, China. Chiow Teng is one of 

the Chinese students who received his art 

education from the Nanyang Academy of 

Fine Arts (1970). Currently, he is the advisor 

of Klang Art Society and also the member 

of NAFA Alumni and Nippon Modern Art 

Association. 


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Awang Damit 

093 

AWANG DAMIT 

(b. Sabah, 1956) 

Iraga Perjalanan Utara, Berakhir Musim, 2010 


Signed and dated, on the reverse 

MYR 18,000 - 24,000 

USD 5,400 - 7,200 

Born in1956, Kuala Penyu (Sabah). Awang Damit is one of the renowned abstract expressionists 

in Malaysia. After graduating from UiTM in Fine Arts in 1983, he crafted his way into the 

Catholic University of America to Washington D.C., to obtain Masters in Fine Arts (1989). 

Awang Damit now lectures in UITM. He has held positions as the Curator of the Art Gallery 

and Head of the Fine Arts Department before being appointed an Associate Professor in 2000. 

While lecturing in UiTM, he completed the lauded series Marista (2002) and Iraga (2011). 

He also has started on his fourth series – Paya Ramahe – with a touch of modernity. His 

different styles of painting are what make people more attracted to his artwork. Awang 

Damit belongs to the second generation abstract expressionists in modern Malaysian art. This 

group widened the scope of their artistic expression turning landscapes and nature into a 

new set of visual language. In his paintings, everything is reduced to its essential elements, 

nothing superfluous or unnecessary retained. Colours are essential components. Immersed 

in a selection of earth colour, the master creates abstract spaces with his signature broad and 

daring brushstrokes. Awang’s non-representational painting, geometrical forms with diverse 

lines against subdivided background, is often unique and optimistic in spirit. Awang Damit has 

held various exhibitions both in groups as well as solo including the Bentuk and Makna by 

Galeri Seni FSSR (UiTM, 2000) and Intipati Budaya – Satu Sintesis show at the National Art 

Gallery (Kuala Lumpur, 1995). Awang Damit has also actively involved himself in shows abroad 

including in China, Taiwan, Japan and London. 


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KHAW SIA 

(b. Shanghai 1913 - 1984) 

Cattleya, 2010 


Signed, lower left: K. SIA 

Literature: 

The Art of Khaw Sia and Kuo Ju Ping, 

Pioneer artists, 2014, by Dato Dr Tan Chee Khuan, 

published by The Art Gallery, pg 63 

MYR 6,000 - 9,000 

USD 1,800 - 2,700 

095 

CHANG FEE MING 


Waterlily, 2000 

Drawing pen and Watercolour: 13 x 18 cm 

Signed, lower right: FM Chang 

MYR 5000 - 8000 

USD 1,500 - 2,400 

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096 

HUANG YAO, 黄尧 

(Shanghai, 1914 - 1987) 

Fruit Seller, 1979 

Watercolour and chinese ink on paper: 49 x 38 cm 

Inscribe in chinese character, lower right: 黄尧 , 已未 

MYR 15,000 - 25,000 

USD 4,500 - 7,500 


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097 

JEIHAN SUKMANTORO 

(b. Solo, 1938) 

Mimin, 1991 

Oil on canvas : 70 x 70 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Jeihan ‘91 


MYR 9,500 - 15,000 

USD 2,850 - 4,500 

Born in Solo, 1938. He studied at the Himpunan Budaya Surakarta (HBS 

– Surakarta Cultural Society) (1953 – 1955) and at Bandung Institute of 

Technology (ITB) (1960 – 1966). In 1978, He established Studio Seni Rupa 

Bandung (Bandung Fine Arts Studio) together with Dr. Sudjoko. He has 

participated in several exhibitions. He held his solo exhibitions at Bandung 

(1998), Galerie Darga & Lansberg, Paris France (1999), Darga Gallery, Bali 

(2000), the Jakarta Hilton International Hotel, Jakarta and Nadi Gallery, 

Jakarta (2002). He combines Eastern mysticism with Western analytical sense 

that makes his portraits paintings distinctive and well known. 

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098 

WIDAYAT 

(Kutoarjo, 1919 – Jakarta, 2002) 

Ibu Thomas Halim, 2001 


Signed and dated, lower left: Widayat, 2001 

Literature: 

83rd Anniversary Haji Widayat Solo Exhibition 

Published by Museum Haji Widayat, 

Magelang, 2002 pg. 63 

MYR 8,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,400 - 3,600 

Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java, 1919. He studied at the 

Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI), Yogyakarta and 

Ceramics and Landscape, Nagoya, Japan (1960). After some 

military training, he had his apprentice study at the Indonesia 

Art Academy Yogyakarta under painters Hendra Gunawan, 

Sudarso, Trubus, and Kusnadi. Then Widayat met a Bandung 

painter, Kartono Yudhokusumo from whom he got direct 

influence of decorative style in painting. He received BKPM 

award (1953), a cultural award from the Indonesian Government 

(1972), the Best Biennial Painting, Yogyakarta (1986) and the 

ASEAN Award, Brunei Darussalam (1993). His works have 

been shown throughout Indonesia and abroad. He performed 

his solo exhibitions in Yogyakarta (1983), Jakarta (1985, 1990, 

1991, 1992, 2000 and participated in joint exhibition in Japan, 

Netherlands and United States for KIAS (1990 – 1991). 


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099 

LEE WENG FATT 


Kimberley Street, Penang, 2001 


Signed and dated, lower left: Lee Weng Fatt ‘08 

MYR 5,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,500 - 2,400 

Kimberley Street was created in the late 19th century where it was once populated by 

Teochews. This street was once where the ‘Teowchew nang’ made bihun (rice noodles) and 

mee suah (vermicelli). Therefore it is not surprising when this was the place where food stalls 

tend to be attracted. For decades, hawkers and food lovers have been gathering along this 

street. In Lee’s painting the lively and dynamic have been truthfully presented, the amounts of 

stalls and customers showed the hustle-bustle of the street. Weng Fatt successfully captures the 

essence of these buildings and ambience while bringing his viewer’s attention back to the beauty 

and exquisite details of the buildings, events and people living around here. 

Born in 1967, Kuala Lumpur. He received a formal artistic training at the Kuala Lumpur College 

of Art. Currently, he is a full time artist who his works are exhibit both locally and internationally. 

Weng Fatt started out as a watercolourist and in 1995 he decided to try on oil method. His 

primary subject centers on the old heritage buildings that bear testimony to the city historical 

past. 

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DANDUNG B. KAHONO 

(b. Magelang, 1949) 

Borobudur, 1997 


Signed and dated, lower left: B. Kahono ‘97 


MYR 2,000 - 3,000 

USD 600 - 900 

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JAMES SUM KIN HING 

(b. Penang, 1944) 

Going to Church 


Signed, lower right: Hin 

MYR 3,500 - 7,000 

USD 1,050 - 2,100 


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102 

KHAW SIA 

(Shanghai 1913 - 1984) 

Orchid Galore, 1984 


Signed and sealed: 许西亚 

MYR 70,000 - 100,000 

USD 21,000 - 30,000 

Khaw Sia 

Khaw Sia’s love of orchid is reflected in his uncountable paintings or different types of orchids. The current 

piece Orchids Galore is an excellent painting of Khaw Sia. 

Khaw Sia chooses to depict the full bloom of orchids. More than 20 types of orchids, namely colourful cattleya, 

phalaenopsis, vanda, cymbidium and encyclia, are composed juxtapose to each other as if a great chamber 

of symphony orchestra that comprises different musicians, playing in a large concert hall. These colour 

orchids stand vying for attention. Khaw Sia pays great attention to composition and details in treating each 

type. He studies on the texture, colours, light impression and the harmony of foreground and background. 

Knowing all the characteristics of the orchids, the artist arranged them according to its size and colour in 

relation to line, tonality, texture and pattern and Remarkably, Khaw Sia did not neglect the leaves characteristics. 

Waxy surface of orchid leaves can be seen from the glistening droplets of dew. Detailed brush strokes 

matches the setting and mood of the painting as if the sweet fragrance of flower from the garden travelling 

to the audiences. The amalgamation of these colourful assortments of orchid seems bringing the significance 

of the Chinese Mid-Autumn – reunion – just as the date of completion of this painting. 

Khaw Sia is a Chinese born artist migrated to Penang with his family in 1937. Before settling down in Penang, 

he studied at the Sung Hua Academy in Shanghai where he engaged with several prominent Chinese brush 

painters. Utilising Chinese brush technique, Khaw Sia’s landscapes was greatly praised by the well-known 

Chinese brush artist Xu Beihong. In 1932, Khaw Sia took a brief but private lesson under the guidance of Sir 

Russell Flint in England who was the president of Britain’s Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour. Under 

Flint’s tutelage, Khaw Sia developed his exquisite meticulous style of the English watercolour. Integrating the 

painting technique of the east and the west, Khaw Sia’s Chinese brush and English watercolouring techniques 

has reached a harmonious fusion in his paintings. Khaw Sia is a well-travelled artist with extensive imagination 

and his paintings have a combination of grand scope and focus on details. 


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Born in Bandung, October 14, 1968. When she 

was in her Junior High School, she studied painting 

from a senior artist Barli Sasmitawinata. She 

graduated from Bandung Institute of Technoloy 

(ITB), Faculty of Art and Design, Textile Design 

Studio in 1994. She continued her study to 

Royal Melbourne Institute. She started her own 

private studio for fashion and Design, Poleng 

Studio. Her performance in design and fashion 

has been acknowledged by many international 

art institutions. She actively participated in many 

domestic and overseas exhibitions. Recently, 

she starts painting again and participates in many 

exhibitions, in Jakarta (Galeri Nasional). The 

fabulous artworks of “2008 Won’t Ever be” have 

been chosen as the permanent collection pf the 

Olympic Fine Art Museum, China. 

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TIARMA SIRAIT 

(Bandung, 1968) 

Wont Ever Be, 2008 



z Tiarma Sirait, 2008 


MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 

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TEW NAI TONG 

(Selangor, 1936 - 2013) 

Nudes 

Oil on Jute: 19.5 x 19.5 cm 

Signed, lower left: Nai Tong 

MYR 3,000 - 6,000 

USD 900 - 1,800 

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105 

JALAINI ABU HASSAN 


Leaves from the Garden, 1997 


Signed, right edge, Jai ‘97 

MYR 10,000 - 14,000 

USD 3000 - 4,200 


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106 

H.A.L. WICHERS 

(Tarutung, North Sumatra, 1893 – The Netherlands, 1968) 

Boat in The Lake, 1951 


Signed and dated, lower right: HAL. Wichers1951 

Born in Tarutung, North Sumatra, 1893. He graduated from the 

Rijksacademie, Amsterdam. He returned to Indonesia in 1919. Since 

1923 - 1936 he joined the “Bataviassche Kunstskring” and took part 

in several exhibitions. Many of his works are now in the collections of 

Troppenmuseum and the Nijmeegs Museum Commanderie van St. 

Jan, the Netherlands. He died in Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1968. 

MYR 10,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,000 - 4,500 

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KUO JU PING 

(Fujian, 1908 - 1966) 

A Store 


Signed, bottom left, JU PING 

MYR 14,000 - 18,000 

USD 4,200 - 5,400 


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HUANG YAO 黄尧 

(Shanghai, 1914 - 1987) 

Bai Ju Yi’s Poetry, 1979 


Inscribed in chinese character, lower right: 黄尧 , 已未 

Literature: 

Pine Studio Collection of Huang Yao’s Paintings, 2013 

MYR 12,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,600 - 4,500 

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REN YUNONG, 任雨农 

(Hunan, 1910-2009) 

Chinese Caligraphy, 2001 

Ink on Chinese Rice Paper: 

a. 67 x 21.5 , b. 60 x 26 cm 


left edge, 雨农 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 

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KOK POO 

(Ambarawa, East Java, 1937) 

Bunga Chrysant, 1995 

Kok Poo is a realist painter. He lives and works in Semarang. 



Kok Poo.1995 

MYR 5,000 - 7,000 

USD 1,500 - 2,100 


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Chen Wen Hsi 

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CHEN WEN HSI 

(Guangdong, China, 1906 -1991) 

Gold Fish, 金鱼 

Chinese ink color on paper: 34 x 45.5 cm 

Signed and stamped in Chinese charcter, 

upper left: 文希 

MYR 20,000 - 35,000 

USD 6,000 - 10,500 

Born in Baigong, Caozhu, 1906. Chen Wen Hsi studied art 

at the Hsin Hwa Art Academy in Shanghai. He became a 

lecturer at the Nangyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. 

His paintings are strongly influenced by Chan (Zen) and the 

unorthodox Qing School of Yangzhou. He actively participated 

in several exhibitions outside Singapore. He was awarded the 

Public Service Star from the President Tun Yusof Bin Ishak and 

received honorary doctorate from the National University of 

Singapore. He became famous for his oil study on formalism, 

cubism, and expressive abstraction. Chen’s mastery in depicting 

human figures was also found in keen observation of nature 

and animals. His subjects include landscapes, figures, birds and 

animals, still life studies and abstract compositions. 

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112 

ERICA HESTU WAHYUNI 


Blessing 9 Roosters, 2013 


Signed and dated, lower right: Erica 2013 


Born in Yogyakarta, 1971. She began to study painting when she was 

young and joined Sanggar Katamsi studied under painters Suharto 

P.R. and Herry Wibowo. In 1996, she graduated from the Indonesian 

Institute of Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta. She held her solo exhibition in 

Yogyakarta and Jakarta. She actively participated in many group 

exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas, Singapore, Philippines, Japan and 

Russia. She received award for the Best Work at ISI Yogyakarta in 1993. 


of authenticity from the Artist. 

MYR 6,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,800 - 2,400 

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113 

DATO SHARIFAH FATIMAH 

(b.Kedah, 1948) 

Patterns of Dream X 

Mixed media collage on Board: 60 x 45 cm 

MYR 11,000-15,000 

USD 3,300 - 4,500 

Born in 1948, Alor Star. Dato’ Sharifah is the country’s leading 

abstract female artist. She gained her first formal art education at 

MARA Institute of Technology in 1967. She was then further her 

art thirst in Reading University (UK) and Pratt Institute New York 

in 1973 – 76 and 1976 – 78 respectively. Upon return, she served 

as an art curator in National Art Gallery for 7 years. During her art 

career, Dato’ Sharifah’s works is highly prized. Among the many 

is the third prize in Second Biennial of Contemoprary Painting of 

the Islamic World (organised by Museum of Contemporary Art 

Tehran, Iran). 

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CH’NG HUCK THENG 

(b. Penang,1972) 

The Struggle, 2010 


Signed and dated, lower middle: Chng Huck Theng, 2010 

MYR 7,000 - 11,000 

USD 2,100 - 3,300 

A composition of striking tone of colours is the foremost 

in its appeal – a cream white background with black 

pours on the canvas rhythmically creates a stark contract 

between the light and dark. The white curved trajectory 

flowing from top to bottom attracts particular attention. 

Not having any concrete ideas of the result, Ch’ng 

work showcase a bright palette, splashes of paint and a 

spontaneous yet structured technique. 

The contemporary artist Ch’ng Huck Theng born in 1972 

in Malaysia, graduated with a Bachelor and Master degree 

from University of Wollongong, Australia. Ch’ng’s picks 

up his skills in Australia in 1994 out of his interest and 

not with the intention of becoming an artist. As of today, 

he has had 8 solo art exhibitions in Malaysia, Korea, and 

Indonesia. Ch’ng Huck Theng is currently the youngest 

in history to sit as a Member in the Board of Trustee, 

National Art Gallery Malaysia and also the youngest 

to be President for the oldest art society in Malaysia – 

The Penang Art Society. Many of his masterpieces have 

become the collection at prominent art instituitions 

like the Singapore Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum 

and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts 

(ENSBA). In 2010, Ch’ng is the only Malaysian awarded 

the Asian Art Award in Seoul, Korea and the shortlist 

winner in the prestigious London International Creative 

Competition (LICC) England that attracted thousands of 

entries from 73 countries. 


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115 

DR. FOO YONG KONG 


Gui Lin Landscape, 2012 


Signed and dated, bottom left: Yong Kong ‘12 

MYR 13,000-18,000 

USD 3,900 - 5,400 

With strong and vigorous painting style, Yong Kong has developed a lyrical landscape painting 

entitled Guilin Landscape. His personal spiritual evolution is much reflected on the use of 

vibrant colours and passionate sensuality, each on the movement of a brushstroke. 

Bravura warm clouds, outstanding sunsets and roaring sea add to the mystical aura of the 

mountain. 

Rhythmic brushworks have been applied on the canvas to show the movement of the 

interactions between ‘qi’ and the mountain. In this painting, Yong Kong succeeded in capturing 

the intimate charm of an atmospheric and poetic of Guilin landscape. 

Born in 1948 and graduated from Malaysia Art Institute in 1970. Yong Kong majors in oil 

and Chinese ink painting, in particular, calligraphy. Since 1972, he spent more than a decade 

abroad, both the West and the East, studying and exhibiting. Throughout his career, he has 

held numerous solo and group exhibitions, including international Biannual Exhibitions in 

Italy (2003), Tokyo (2004), Korea (2005) and Beijing (2005). Presently, Yong Kong is the 

president of the Malaysian Contemporary Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Association. 

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116 

KOEMPOEL SUJATNO 

(Ngawi, 1912 – Batu, 1987) 

Boat with Flamboyant 


Signed, lower left: Kompol 

He was born in Ngawi, East Java, 1912, with the name of Koempoel Sujatno. He studied 

painting from the Dutch painter Gerard Pieter Adolfs and Willem Van Der Does. He was 

one of the most prolific artists, but since many of his paintings have been damaged, lost and 

spread out in countries abroad, his works are now well sought after. Koempoel was an artist 

who preferred outdoor objects – plein air – anything under the sun. Therefore most of his 

works are presented in bright harmonious colors revealing a graceful enchantment. He died 

on August 18, 1987 in Batu, East Java due to his severe throat cancer. 

MYR 2,500 - 4,000 

USD 750 - 1,200 


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117 

YONG MUN SEN 

(Kuching, 1896 - 1962) 

At The Shore, 1945 

Watercolor on paper: 27 x 36.5 cm 

Signed and dated, lower left: MunSen ‘45 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

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DATO SHARIFAH FATIMAH 

(b.Kedah, 1948) 

a. Image 2011-6 

b. Abstract 

Acrylic on Canvas: @ 37 x 28 cm 

Signed, on reverse: Fatimah 

MYR 6,000-10,000 

USD 1,800 - 3,000 

a. b. 

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WAKIDI 

(Palembang, South Sumatra, 1890 – 

Padang, West Sumatra, 1979) 

Kampung Nelayan 


Signed, lower left: Wakidi 

MYR 8,500 - 15,000 

USD 2,550 - 4,500 

He was born in Semarang, 1889. He was the son of itinerant farmers 

from Semarang, Central Java, who moved to Bukittinggi in West Sumatra 

in 1904. He studied at Kweek School (Training School) in Bukittinggi 

and after graduating in 1908 began teaching there. In his adulthood he 

went to Plaju, Sumatra to work in oil fields. He was well known as a 

landscape painter, with Minangkabau, West Sumatra theme. He taught at 

the Kayutanam School and has become a teacher for General Nasution 

and Muhammad Hatta. He received the Anugerah Art Award from the 

Indonesian government in 1971. He passed away in Padang, West Sumara, 

on 27 December 1979. 

The artist’s work included in the book of 

collection of President Soekarno 


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120 

YEONG SEAK LING 

(b. Ipoh, 1948) 

Kampung Life, 1999 


MYR 55,000 - 75,000 

USD 16,500 - 22,500 

Yeong Seak Ling 

Born in 1948, Ipoh. Yeong Seak Ling is a gifted self-taught artist. He began practiced 

with charcoal then to watercolour (he spent 25 years in this medium) and slowly 

moved to acrylic (1995 – 2005) and oil (2005 – to date). He began his full time 

artistic career in 1991 and has been founders of many organisations namely Galeri 

Art Point and ArtGroup – Penang. Besides, he also participated in solos and groups 

exhibitions including the recent ones in Shanghai – Art International Shanghai 2010 

by The Bund Art Gallery. In the early years, Seak Ling mostly work on abstract works. 

During the later years of his career, Seak Ling felt the need to reflect the aesthetic 

value of his own culture, thus, he moved away from his comfort zone and gave 

attempt to super-realism technique. 

Kampung Life is painted with incredible detail and realistic in approach to rendering 

Seak Ling’s innermost feelings and thoughts about the beauty of his culture. The 

motif of the batik cloths have been vividly depicted on the canvas. While staring 

into a mist so formless and keeping the baby into her embraces, the young mother 

eyes have no focus. Seak Ling deftly depicts a difficult life of the woman. The use of 

contrasting light and dark colours reveal the key element to the dramatic impact of 

the painting. 

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DATO’ SIM MOW YU 

(Malacca, 1913 - 2009) 

Chinese Maxim, 2001 

Ink on Chinese rice paper: 96 x 63 cm 

Signed and dated: 沈慕羽 , 辛巳 

MYR 2,500-5,000 

USD 750 - 1,500 

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a. YAO TUO, 姚拓 . 

(b.Henan,China 1922-2009) 

b. TSUI TA TEE, 崔大地 

(b.Beijing, China 1903-1974) 

Chinese Caligraphy 

Ink on Chinese rice paper: 

a. 76.5 x 37.5 

b. 33 x 45.5 

MYR 2,500-5,000 

USD 750 - 1,500 

a. b. 


a. 

b. 

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POPO ISKANDAR 

(Garut, 1927 – Bandung, 2000) 

a. Dua Kuda, 1987 


Signed and dated, lower left: Popo ’87 

This lot is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from 

Griya Seni Popo Iskandar 

b. Cat, 1992 

Watercolor on paper: 13 x 21.5 cm 

Signed and dated, lower left: Popo ’92 


Griya Seni Popo Iskandar 

MYR 5,000 - 7,000 

USD 1,500 - 2,100 


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HUANG YAO, 黄尧 

(Shanghai, 1914 - 1987) 

View Over Mountains 

Coloured ink on Chinese rice paper: 64 x 49 cm 

Signed in chinese character upper left, stamped lower right 

MYR 10,000 - 16,000 

USD 3,000 - 4,600 

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LI BAOYI, 李抱一 

(b. Henan, 1941) 

Playing Chess 

Coloured ink on Chinese rice paper: 34 x 138 cm 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

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DR. CHUNG CHENSUN, 钟正山博士 

(b. Malacca, 1935) 

Seascape 

Coloured Ink on Chinese rice paper: 59 x 59 cm 

MYR 2,500-5,000 

USD 750 - 1,500 

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PHEH IT HAO 

(b. Penang, 1972) 

Winter Morialta Conservation Park, 2012 


Signed dated, bottom left: It Hao, 2012 

MYR 6,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,800 - 2,400 

Born in 1972, Penang. He graduated from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College with a degree in Fine Art in 1991. He then joined 

the Elle Six Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur as a curator from 1991 to 1994. Pheh has taken part in various solo and group exhibitions before he decided to 

become a full-time artist. Since 2010, he has been based in Australia as an artist. It Hao is interested in using spatial organisation in his art to create new 

dimensions to lifeless cityscapes and landscape. He is very careful in allocation of space, both for its’ purpose and aesthetic consideration. 

In Winter Morialta Conservation Park, the negative space has provided the viewer a certain sense of depth; the tree bushes act as opening passage, bringing 

viewer attention towards the scree slope, which is one of the conservation park geographical characteristic. Apart from this, It Hao is famous of his weton-wet 

technique; Pheh fades hard edge strokes by adding water to his existing colours. This fluidic approach, when the colours and water are magically 

organising themselves on the paper, make the visual results unpredictable and spontaneous. 


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RUSTAMADJI 

(Surabaya, 1932 – 1990) 

Penari Bali 


Signed, lower left: Rustamadji 

Born in Surabaya, East Java, April 16, 1932. In 1946 he started painting under the 

painter S. Sudjojono in Sanggar Indonesia Muda (Young Indonesian Artists Association), 

Madiun. In 1950s, he tended to a more naturalistic style and latter part of his career 

he has changed to impressionism. He actively participated in several exhibitions in 

Indonesia and abroad. He lived in Surabaya and died in the year of 1990. 

MYR 8,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,400 - 3,600 

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UMI DACHLAN 

(Cirebon, 1942 – Bandung, 2009) 

Abstraksi Bidang Biru, 1991 


Signed and dated, lower left: Umi D ‘91 

MYR 4,000 - 6,000 

USD 1,200 - 1,800 

Born in Cirebon1942. She studied painting at the 

Faculty of Fine Arts and Design at Bandung Institute 

of Technology (ITB). After graduating in 1968, she 

became a lecturer there in 1969. Umi later went 

on to study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 

Amsterdam from 1977 to 1979. The Artist has 

participated in many group exhibitions in Indonesia 

and Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, 

Jordan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and 

Cape Town in South Africa. She has held several 

solo exhibitions at Taman Ismail Marzuki art Centre 

Jakarta in 1977 and 1980, Gallery in Bandung in 

1990, and Andy’s Gallery in Jakarta in 2000. She 

was guided by a famous painter, Ahmad Sadali, 

who has greatly influenced her works. Most of her 

works are deeply rooted in religion and spiritual 

expression. She died in Bandung 1 Januari 2009. 

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SYED THAJUDEEN 

(b. India, 1943) 

Self-potrait, 1973 

Oil on Canvas: 55.5 x 46.5 cm 

Signed and dated, Lower left ‘73 

MYR 8,500 - 15,000 

USD 2,400 - 4,500 

It is a very compelling self-portrait, both in its depiction and 

conception. Syed placed himself in the central while his identity 

three at each side. The use of bright contrasting colours against 

dark background reflects his passion for art. He depicts himself 

as a meagre figure clads with a highly decorated overcoat with 

a thick brown beard. Syed did not conceal his love for peace, for 

art and his home country for woman he loved. Each of these is 

clearly depicted in a naïve yet in a most affectionate and truthful 

way lying bare to the readers. 

Born in 1943, India. He received his art education at the 

Government College of Arts and Crafts at Madras (1968 – 74). 


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SULAIMAN ESA 

(b. Johor, 1941) 

Warisan 3, 1983 

Mixed Media: 146 x 142.5 cm 

Documented in Insyirah, pg.40 

MYR 35,000 - 55,000 

USD 10,500 - 16,500 

Sulaiman Esa 

Born in Johor Bharu in 1941, Sulaiman was the youngest son in a large family of gifted artists. 

His early mentor was his mother, uncle and so were his elder siblings. The Bukit Zaharah 

School was where his primary schooling began and continued at the Johor Bharu English 

College. After completing his secondary schooling, Sulaiman obtained the much coveted 

Johor State scholarship to formal studies in art at The Art College of Hornsey, London in 

1962. On completion of his study at Hornsey, Sulaiman continued his post-graduate study 

in printmaking at Atelier 13, Paris for a year. In 1970, he joined the School of Art & Design, 

UiTM (then was ITM). Whilst at UiTM, he went for study in costume design in Italy (1975); 

obtained his Master in Fine Art in 1981,(Maryland, USA) and PhD in Islamic Studies at 

Temple University, USA. 

Sulaiman has had three solo show in his creative life; Ke Arah Tauhid (Toward Unity, at 

the Australian High Commission, KL, 1984); Insyirah: The Art of Sulaiman Esa from 

1980-2000,(Galeri Petronas, 2001); and Rajaah: Art, idea and creativity of Sulaiman Esa from 

1950s-2011,(National Visual Art Gallery, KL. 2011). After working for nearly three decades at 

UiTM, Sulaiman is finally now a full time artist! 

Warisan lll was shown during his second solo exhibition Insyirah 2001, evidences his early 

effort in his search for inspiration from traditional Malay arts and crafts. This is to elevate 

traditional forms, motifs, materials and processes to the status that they once enjoyed 

before the colonization and modernization of the Malay Peninsula. In this context, tradition 

is indexed by the batik sarong cloth as canvas to work on. The stylization of floral motifs, 

both in abstract, geometric shapes, the subtlety of refined colour renditions are but the 

embodiment of Malay Islamic aesthetic principles rooted from the Qur’anic worldview. It 

is important to take into consideration that the question of Malay identity is relevant to all 

Malaysians, since after the National Cultural Congress of 1971, it has become officially the 

basis of common national identity. 

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S. TOYO 

(Blitar, 1935 – Malang, 2000) 

Penjual Es Cendol, 1994 


Signed and dated, lower left: S. Toyo, 1994 

MYR 8,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,400 - 3,600 

Born in Blitar, East Java, 1935. He 

was well known as a true autodidact 

painter. Since childhood, as a hobby, 

he likes to draw leather puppets of 

a shadow play. He begins to learn 

sketching hero faces of any play, 

namely: Pangeran Diponegoro, 

Raden Sentot, Kyai Modjo, Soekarno 

(First Presiden RI), Hatta (Vice 

President), Jendral Sudirman, etc. 

He also has created his works on 

various themes. 

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SULAIMAN ESA 

(b. Johor, 1941) 

After Van Gogh V.1, 1961 

Gouache on paper : 43.5 x 54 cm 

Signed, bottom right, Esa Sulaiman 

Documented in Raja’ah, pg. 309 

MYR 12,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,600 - 4,500 

On completion of his secondary schooling, Sulaiman embarked on a rigorous self-taught study specifically in painting and drawing. In sharpening his visual 

perception coupled with technical skills in figurative and landscape painting, Sulaiman was drawn to renowned European masters’ work especially the 

Impressionists such as Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Van Gogh. The Impressionists’ renditions of simmering colors under different intensity of atmospheric light that 

made each version subtly differ from the other strike a chord in him. As he once said: “When I looked at the Impressionists’ colours I went crazy; there is 

something in this crystalline colours that resonate in me.” He became obsessed in imitating their painting techniques including the violent and emotionally 

charged strokes of Van Gogh whose dramatic artistic life then has a profound impact on Sulaiman. 

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HASIM 

(Jakarta, 1921-1982) 

Dancer 

Born in Jakarta, 1921. He lived and worked in Jakarta. 

He is famous of producing portrait figures of woman 

and landscapes. His works have been in the collection 

of many art collectors. 


Signed, lower right: Hasim 

MYR 7,500 - 10,000 

USD 2,250 - 3,000 


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135 

ANANG ASMARA 

(b. Java, 1974) 

Laki-laki, 2011 


Signed and dated, lower left: Anang 

Asmara, 2011 

Born in Central Java, 1974. He is a painter from Sleman regency near Yogyakarta. His 

astounding ability has a significant style in reproducing detail and texture that contains 

strong symbolism. Most of his paintings capture the artist’s admiration and respect 

of traditional culture (especially the Javanese traditions into which he was born), and 

women whom he feels often get a very raw deal in the contemporary Indonesia. He 

has participated in several painting exhibitions and many of his works have been in the 

collection of collectors in Indonesia. 

MYR 4,000 - 6,000 

USD 1,200 - 1,800 

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SABRI 

(b. Jakarta, 1955) 

Liz Taylor, 2008 

Sabri was born in Jakarta on 30 November 1955. He was an 

autodidact artist that learned painting since 1970. He actively 

participated in a several exhibitions such as group exhibition 

at Depdikbud Jakarta 1991 and Balai Budaya Jakarta 1993. 


Signed and dated, lower right: Sabri ’08 

MYR 4,000 - 6,000 

USD 1,200 - 1,800 


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Kow Leong Kiang 

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KOW LEONG KIANG 

(b. Selangor,1974) 

Dreamer, 2002 


Signed and dated, Lower left, 2002: Kow Leong Kiang 

MYR 17,000 - 28,000 

USD 5,100 - 8,400 

Dreamer is a simple yet strong painting. It features a nude native with a giant red hibiscus 

on her head. The brunette sitter leaned forward on a pillow, she seems engaging to the 

void. The artist’s subtle treatment of the sitter, in full of detail, captures her facial expression 

and the tender gesture of love. 

The earthly palette on the canvas imitates life. With its loose application of paint, this 

work shows the painter’s acute observation and imaginative insight to the mood and the 

personality of the sitter. It is a strong portrait that captivates viewers as if drawing them 

into the painting. 

Born in 1970, Selangor. Leong Kiang pursued his formal art education in Kuala Lumpur 

College of Art in 1991. Knowing for his depiction of female beauty of the East Coast 

Malaysian, Leong Kiang established his name in the local art circle. He won the Grand 

Prize in the Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards in 1998. In 2004 he was a resident artist 

at Vermont Studio Center, USA and in 2008 completed a residency with VWFA and 

Tembi Contemporary in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and has spent the last three years between 

Malaysia and Indonesia where he has exhibited regularly. To date he has held seven solo 

exhibitions, among the recent ones includes Whiteaways Arcade, Penang (2013); Soft in 

Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta (2011) and Intimate Collisions in VWFA KL (2010). 


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Snowing Day, 2002 


Signed and dated, lower left: Suzlee Ibrahim, 2002 

MYR 10,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,000 - 4,500 

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Born in 1948 in Muar, Johor; residing in Penang. Dato’ Dr. Tan Chee 

Khuan is Malaysian famous patronage of Malaysian artists. Besides 

holding several other positions including a gallery owner, curator and 

art writers, Dato’ Tan is an artist. Though Dato’ Tan has no formal art 

but the passion for art that filled his heart has prompted him to paint. 

Having had diagnosed with colour blindness at his late teen, Dato’ Tan 

did not paint as he often got his colours wrong. Under the influence 

of fellow artists such as Mr. Woo Seng Non and, in 2006, Dato’ Tan 

decided to paint again. Using his son’s leftover oil paints, he painted 

a work entitled Wine, Woman and Song. Favourably, this painting has 

received favourable comments from artists and this leads to his solo 

exhibition in 2009 at Galeri Seni Mutiara. The Perfect Storm is one of 

the abstract paintings featured in his third solo exhibition held in 2010. 

Inspired by photos snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope, Dato’ Tan 

has expressed his appreciation of the wonder of the universe through 

painting. This stunning image has been associated with the image of 

Omega Nebula, it was actually an effect of radiation from nearby stars 

sculpts a roiling wave of gas and dust. However using the combination 

of colours that encompassed light blue and green and brownish, Tan 

was able to interpret this image resemble the bubbly ocean and at the 

same time rolling wave that hit against the hard, rocking cliffs. 

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DATO’ TAN CHEE KHUAN 

(b. Muar, 1948) 

The Perfect Storm 2, 2010 


Signed, lower right, tanck, 2010 

Literature: 

This painting illustrated in A Sense of Colour, 2010, 

Pg 26, Art Salon @ SENI, Kuala Lumpur 

MYR 3,500-5,000 

USD 1,050- 1,500 

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FAUZUL YUSRI 

(b. Kedah, 1974) 

Studio No. 2, 2007 


Signed and dated, lower right: Fauzul Yusri, 2007 

MYR 7,000 - 11,000 

USD 2,100 - 3,300 


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141 

SOETOPO 


Penjual Ayam, 2004 


Signed and dated, lower right: Soetopo, 2004 

This lot is accompanied with a certificate of 

authenticity from the Artist. 

MYR 19,000 - 25,000 

USD 5,700 - 7,500 

Born in Yogyakarta, April 13, 1931. He studied painting at The Indonesian 

Academy of Fine Arts (ASRI) Yogyakarta under Hendra Gunawan, 

Trubus and Soedarso tutelage. Since 1950, he was actively participated 

in many exhibitions and handled monumental works for Hotel Indonesia, 

Ambarukmo Hotel, Satu Maret Monument, Palagan Ambarawa, TMII 

Historical Monument Relief and Satria Mandala Museum, Jakarta. Following 

the exhibition welcomes the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, 1955. 

Diversity in Harmony Exhibition in Yogyakarta, Borobudur International 

Festival Exhibition at the Museum H. Widayat, Mungkid, Magelang, 2002. 

Exhibition “Footsteps” at the Court of Djoko scream, Yogyakarta, 2003. 

Art Exhibition “Membaca Dunia Widayat” at Museum H.Widayat, Mungkid, 

Magelang, 2004. 

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142 

TEW NAI TONG 

(Selangor, 1936 – 2013) 

Mining 


Signed, bottom right: Nai Tong 

MYR 13,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,900 - 5,400 


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143 

CHENG SHUI 

(b. Bogor, West Java, 1981) 

Gembala Kerbau 


Signed, upper right: Ong Cheng Shui 

MYR 4,000 - 6,000 

USD 1,200 - 1,800 

Ong Cheng Shui was born in Bogor, West 

Java in 1981. He is an autodidact painter 

who found his interest in painting since he 

was young. He has been actively involved 

in arts since 2000. As a professional painter, 

he has participated in several group 

exhibitions since 2000 until now. Among 

others group exhibition at Bogor (2000), 

at Crown Plaza Hotel (January, 2010), at 

Pacific Place (March, 2010), at Pondok 

Indah Mall (April, 2010), and at Grand 

Indonesia, (July, 2010). His artworks have 

been in the collections of both local and 

foreign collectors. As a painter, he was 

inspired by Lee Man Fong paintings. His 

subject of paintings closely connected with 

the animals, village scenes and peasant daily 

lives which have become the sought after 

themes of painting by collectors. 

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a. 

b. 

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WANG WEIBAO, 王维宝 

(b. Fujian, 1942) 

a. Village 1 

b. Village 2 

Ink and chinese rice paper: @ 34.5 x 50.5 cm 

Signed and stamped lower left 

MYR 3,000 - 6,000 

USD 900 - 1,800 


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145 

SOH BOON KIONG 

(b. Kuantan, 1966) 

One Morning in the 

Mountain, 2009 

Acrylic on Canvas: 118.5 x 79 cm 


Kiong 2009 

MYR 12,000 - 20,000 

USD 3,600 - 6,000 

One Morning in the Mountain is a mystical series of 2009. It is an abstract landscape that leads audiences into infinity. Combination of cold colours, green, 

blue and white give way to the supernatural feeling of a secluded mountain. The breeze of white paint across green-bluish background allows the imaginary 

and real components to be detected. 

Born in 1966 in Kuantan, Pahang. Soh Boon Kiong studied and worked in Paris, France from 1988 to 1993. Most of the artist’s works have much influenced 

by the French Impressionists as well as the “Lyrical Expressionism” movement started in 50’s in Paris. He has been living and working in Amagasaki, Japan 

since 1998 with his Japanese wife and two children. Boon Kiong was the second Resident Artist in University of Malaya’s history, appointed in 2010 since 

the late Datuk Ibrahim Hussein (1971-1978). 

Besides, Boon Kiong also draws inspiration from the Chinese “San-Sui” (landscape) old masters paintings as well as the Chinese calligraphers. This unique 

artistic expression can be seen on the artist’s One Morning in the Mountain of which he merges the French lyrical expressionism with the Chinese 

landscape approach. 

Boon Kiong’s works are widely collected including collectors from Paris, Tokyo, London, New Zealand, Estonia, Singapore as well as his home country. Over 

20 years of artistic experience through different countries deepen Boon Kiong’s fusion of Eastern and Western style throughout his expression of art. 

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IWAN SRIHARTOKO 

(b. Bantul, Yogyakarta, 1977) 

Un-Touch (Pseudo Historical Mindedness), 2007 

Pencil and acrylic on canvas: 100 x 120 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Iwan, 2007 


MYR 1,500 - 2,000 

USD 450 - 600 

Iwan was born in Bantul, Yogyakarta, December 21, 1977. He graduated 

from SMSR Yogyakarta, and FSRD ISI (Design and Art Faculty Indonesian 

Art Institute) in Yogyakarta. He was participated in several group 

exhibitions such as “Eksisten Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta (2007), NISBI, 

Galeri Katamsi ISI Yogyakarta (2006), Pameran Selekda PEKSIMNAS VII, 

Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta (2006), Still Life Extended, Vanesa 

Art House Jakarta (2005), etc. He was received awarded such as Juara I 

Mural “Lingkungan Hidup”, Nomination big 10 PEKSIMINAS VIII “Selekda” 

(2006), Finalist V Mural “Sehat itu Gaya Hidup”, and Pratitta Adhi Karya 

such as The Best Work. 


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BASOEKI ABDULLAH 

(Solo, 1915 – Jakarta, 1993) 

Lady in Red 


Signed, lower left: Basoeki Abdullah 

MYR 40,000 - 60,000 

USD 12,000 - 18,000 

Basoeki Abdullah 

Born in Solo, January 27, 1915, he is the second son of Abdullah 

Soerjosoebroto, a prominent landscape painter. He studied at the 

Academia van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague (the Netherlands). 

Basoeki Abdullah started painting since he was 5 years old in simple 

drawing, and at 10 he travelled to Surabaya and Bali where he started 

portrait painting. During 1933, he held his first exhibition in Bandung. 

Basoeki brought his painting to RMP. Sosrokartono, RA. Kartini’s brother, 

who was very impressed by his painting. Sosrokartono and Prince of 

Mangkunegoro VII became an important art patron who greatly supported 

his painting career until Basoeki become a famous painter. During that 

time he continued his art education at Academia van Beeldende Kunsten 

in the Hague, the Netherlands. 

Basoeki Abdullah is one of the most prominent Indonesian maestros in 

portrait paintings. The late artist was well-known for his realistic paintings. 

Besides painting of natural beauty and sensuous landscape, he is also noted 

for his portraits of beautiful women, as well as painting of scenes from 

legends that are also tempered with lyrical and overly sensual treatment. 

His great fond in painting women’s figure perhaps derived from his 

passion in exploring the beauty of women who are attractive. The artist 

gained the public recognition after winning a painting competition held in 

conjunction with the Netherland’s Queen Juliana ascension to throne on 

6 September 1948. 


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DR. CHEAH THIENSONG, 谢添宋博士 

(b. Negeri Sembilan, 1942) 

Encounter 

Colour Ink on Chinese Rice Paper: 69 x 45 cm 

Signed and stamped, upper right 

MYR 3,000-6,000 

USD 900 - 1,800 

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YONG MUN SEN 

(Kuching, 1896 - 1962) 

Going Home, 1947 


Signed and dated, lower left: MunSen ‘47 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 

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LEO ELAND 

(Java, 1884 – 1952) 

View of Iceberg 


Signed, lower right: L. Eland 

MYR 13,000 - 25,000 

USD 3,900 - 7,500 

Born in Java, 1884. He was a self-taught artist, lived and worked 

in Indonesia. He intensely involved in the Union of Dutch Indies 

Art Circles from the beginning of 20th century. He painted a great 

deal of Indonesian nature with tremendous command of light and 

shade. In 1920 he left to settle in The Hague but still continue to 

paint Indonesian subject. His work was included in the International 

Colonial exhibition in Paris (1931) but unfortunately damaged by 

fire. Today, his works are in the collection of several Dutch museums. 


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151 

ABDULLAH ARIFF 

(b. Penang,1904-1962) 

Jetty 


Signed, lower left: Abdullah Ariff 

MYR 25,000 - 35,000 

USD 7,500 - 9,000 

Abdullah Ariff has interpreting Penang harbour in a simply beautiful and 

fully sentimental watercolour painting. It is a highly skilled work of which 

only an accomplished artist could achieve. Though it is straightforward, this 

topography painting is marked by an unpretentious but pleasing composition. 

Fishing boats are lining up along the jetty. All boats are sailing except the one 

at the centre; its sail is lowered down. It seems to waiting for loading of goods. 

A meagre man carries a sack walking on a jetty. It seems that Ariff carefully 

placed the wooden jetty as foreground, not just to create the depth of the 

painting, instead to draw spectators into the painting. 

Born in 1904, Penang. Abdullah Ariff was an art teacher at the Anglo-Chinese 

School, Penang which is now known as the Methodist Boys School. Ariff is a 

renowned watercolourist. 

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AMRON OMAR 

(b. Kedah, 1957) 

Petarungan I, 2005 

Charcoal on Paper: 75 x 50 cm 

Dated: ‘05 

Literature: 

Illustrated in Pertarungan,Amron Omar, 2012, 

published by National Visual Arts Gallery, KL, pg.155. 

MYR 12,000-18,000 

USD 3,600 - 5,400 

Born in 1957, Alor Setar. Amron Omar is 

well known for the Malay martial art figures. 

Amron received his formal art education 

at Universiti Teknologi MARA between 

1976 and 1980. Throughout his artistic 

career, Amron received many awards 

including in 1982, the artist won a prize in 

Young Contemporary Artists Minor Award 

and in 1985, a silver award granted by Sime 

Darby Art Asia Exhibition. Recently in 

2012, National Art Gallery features a solo 

exhibition called Pertarungan. 


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153 

CHIA YU CHIAN 

(Johor, 1936 - 1991) 

Still Life Mango, 1983 

Oil Pastel on Paper : 26 x 49.5 cm 


lower left: Yu Chian, 1983 

MYR 3,000-8,000 

USD 900 - 2,400 

Mangoes is an interesting painting of Chia Yu Chian: its’ superficial of spatial. The use of light 

and darkness was not so much of Yu Chian’s concern. The composition integrates his interest 

in spatial relations of which he weighs a big mango against three small ones to the right. Four 

mangoes are carefully studied; spotted yellowish green suggested their ripeness. 

Born in 1936 in Johor; Chia Yu Chian received formal art training in Nanyang Academy of Fine 

Arts (NAFA), Singapore in 1958 under tutelage of Chen Wen Hsi and Cheong Soo Pieng. Yu 

Chian is the first artist from the Straits Settlements to gain a French government scholarship to 

study art in Paris at the Ecolé Nationale des Beaux Arts de Paris. Upon his return to Malaysia 

in 1962, he opened his personal art studio in Penang. 

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TEW NAI TONG 

(Selangor, 1936 - 2013) 

Lotus Pond 2 

Oil on Canvas: 75.5 x 59 cm 

Signed, Bottom Right, Nai Tong 

Literature: 

Illustrated in Artistic dreams Altogether 

Published by, Prince of Songkla University, pg. 68 

MYR 10,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,000 - 4,500 

An unusual, intriguing work created by the late Tew Nai Tong: 

a few ladies swim gracefully above a lotus pond. Unlike his 

common subject matter depicting the traditional Malayan 

life Nai Tong usually painted, the painting opens up a space of 

imagination to viewers. Behind the pond, instead of clouds, 

eccentrically the artist painted three vertical rectangles. Blue 

at each side and white in the centre, it seems like a gateway 

to enter into the realm of imagination. A visible, evident 

texture, quick and determined stokes of brush indicate Nai 

Tong’s deep and ardent temperament in capturing the flash 

of the other beings. 

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NIK ZAINAL ABIDIN NIK MOHAMAD SALLEH 

(Kelantan, 1933-1993) 

Preparing for Combat 1, 1981 


Signed in Arabic and dated, lower left 

MYR 18,000 - 25,000 

USD 5,400 - 7,500 


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DATO’ CHUAH THEAN THENG 

(China, 1914 - 2008) 

Kampung 

Batik Cloth: 57 x 88.5 cm 

Signed, bottom right, Teng 

MYR 45,000-60,000 

USD 13,500 - 18,000 


This is an early batik work of Dato’ Chuah Thean Teng. Unlike his famous 

round and full bosoms, this early work is elongated: coconut trees and the 

artist favourite kampong lady. As usual, Thean Teng disregards for proportion 

for accuracy. Houses surrounded by banana trees are placed below oversized 

coconut trees. Instead he exalts more on an elegant style and the artistic 

appearance of a painting. In Kampung, it shows a rather rural and localized life. 

A meager woman is carrying a vase on her head while walking towards the 

direction of a sampan which seemed to be a necessity for daily commuting. 

In this serene scene, the sampan, fully equipped and full loaded, appears to 

lacerate the stillness of river. Two A-framed Malay wooden houses, simple 

and crude are placed at each side. The spatial arrangement of this painting 

is rather interesting. River seems to flow towards an opened yet mysterious 

and undefined background. Thean Theng captures the sacred perpetual of a 

kampong life than an ephemeral moment of life. 

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SABRI SALLEH 

(b. Penang, 1966) 

Living on the Green Earth, 2012 

Acrylic on Canvas : 167.5 x 167.5 cm 


Sabri Salleh, 2012 

MYR 8,000 -10,000 

USD 2,400 - 3,000 

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Mothering, 2001 


Signed and dated, lower right: Ismail Mat Hussin, 2001 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

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JOSE 

(b. Solo, C. Java, 1959) 

Salvador Dali, 2008 

Born in Solo, Centra Java, 24 February 1959. He is an autodidact painter. 

He produces portraits and still life objects from his surroundings in a realist 

style and sometimes surreal. He joined some groups and solo exhibition in 

several major cities in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Surabaya. 


Signed and dated, lower left: Jose ’08 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 


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TAN CHOON GHEE 

(Penang, 1930 - 2010) 

Kampung, 1990 


Signed and dated, Bottom Left, Choon Ghee 1990 

Literature: 

This painting is illustrated in A Tribute to Tan Choon 

Ghee, 2009, Art Salon @ SENI, Kuala Lumpur, pg.23. 

MYR 16,000 - 22,000 

USD 4,800 - 6,600 

Born in 1930, Penang. Choon Ghee is a veteran watercolourist. After his 

secondary school education at Chung Ling High School, Choon Ghee continued 

to pursue his art training in Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore. Upon 

completing his studies in Singapore, he went to the Slade School of Fine Art, 

London. Through a series of intensive art trainings, Choon Ghee developed 

a fine draughtsmanship and ability in quick sketches. Choon Ghee’s theme 

usually focused on Penang street scenes, cultural building, roadside stalls and 

people. Choon Ghee is more well-known for his watercolours of streetscenes 

and seascapes. However, his oils on canvas are superb but rare. This painting of 

a kampung painted in 1990, shows several attap huts on stilts, with the villagers 

engaged in various activities, with boats nearby the sea. The location is likely to 

be at Batu Feringhi, Penang. 

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NYOMAN GUNARSA 

(b. Klungkung, 1944) 

Dua Penari, 1991 


Signed and dated, lower right: ‘91 

MYR 13,000 - 16,000 

USD 3,900 - 4,800 

Born in Klungkung, Bali, April 15, 1944. He graduated from the Indonesian 

Fine Arts Academy (ASRI) in Yogyakarta where he is currently a lecturer in 

art. He began his career as painter of models and portraits. Since 1967, active 

performing solo exhibitions, like in British Embassy, Jakarta (1967), Arcade 

Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1971), Blance Gallery, San Francisco (1991), Blance 

Gallery, Osaka (1982), 21 Gallery, Singapore (1995), Opera-Gallery, Paris 

(1996), and Hamburgische Landesbank, Hamburg (1998). He also participates 

in joined-exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas. He received awards from the 

Pratisara Affandi Adikarya (1976), in the Biennial Indonesian Art Exhibitions 

(1878 & 1980) and the Lempad Prize (1980). His works are in collection by 

the local and abroad collectors. 


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Playing Gasing, 2005 

Batik Cloth: 99 x 110,5 cm 

Signed and dated, bottom right: 

Ismail Mat Hussin, 2005 

MYR 35,000 - 40,000 

USD 10,500 - 12,000 


Gasing is a traditional game particularly popular amongst the villagers in the State of Kelantan and 

Melaka. It is one of the favourite topics in Mat Hussin’s batik. Besides the main gasing players, 

different groups of villagers are in their discussion of gasing; others are reviewing the condition 

of their gasing. The batik master always likes adding subtle details for his background. Further 

back, we see a typical scene in Kelantan of which sarongs are drying at the patio of a house. 

Mat Hussin also paid great attention into the sarong of the male villagers, none of them are 

in repetitive. 

Born in 1938, Kelantan. Ismail Mat Hussin is Malaysia’s most senior living master in batik painting 

today. He uses the batik technique to capture the aesthetic Malaysia life in the east coast. Village 

scenes have been one of his favourite subjects and daily life are recorded like a picturesque 

scene. Many of his works portray bustling market, children playing traditional games, fishing 

village and kampong scene. 

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DAVID ARMI PUTRA 

(b. Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, 1984) 

Sumando, 2006 


Signed and dated, lower right: David Armi Putra ’06 

He graduated from Indonesian Institute of Art Yogyakarta, 

Indonesia. He participated in several exhibitions including “Jogja 

Art Fair #1” Yogyakarta, “Manifesto Nasional Jakarta, Indonesia 

(2008), “Shout Out”, Fky 2007 (With Populair Poject) Taman 

Budaya yogyakarta, Indonesia (2007). 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 

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DR. CHEAH THIENSONG, 谢添宋博士 

(Kuching, 1896 - 1962) 

Expectations 

Coloured Ink on Chinese rice paper: 73 x 141 cm 

MYR 10,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,000 - 5,400 

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SUHAIDI RAZI 

(b. Sarawak,1977 ) 

Horse Drawing, 2010 


Signed ,lower right: Suhaidi Razi 

Documented in Exhibition Catalogue, 

published by NN gallery. 

MYR 4,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,200 - 2,400 


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AGUNG MANGU PUTRA 

(b. Sangeh, Bali, 1963) 

a. Mereka Yang Berdiam Di Balik Pulau Surga, 2012 

Charcoal and Acrylic on canvas: 38 x 42 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Mangu Putra, 2012 

b. Mereka Yang Berdiam Di Balik Keindahan Kintamani, 2012 

Charcoal and Acrylic on canvas: 38 x 43 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Mangu Putra, 2012 


the Gallery. 

MYR 13,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,900 - 5,400 

b. 

Mangu Putra was born in Sangeh, Bali, on May 11, 1963. He 

graduated from the faculty of Art and Design at the Indonesian 

Arts Institute (ISI), Yogyakarta majoring Visual Communication 

Design (1990). His first exhibition was in Dewata Gallery 

(1987) at Taman Budaya Denpasar. Being a designer did not 

satisfy him as an artist then he decided to engage in full time 

painting in 1998. Since his first solo exhibition in Ubud (1990) 

his name was considered as valuable painter in Indonesia. He 

held his solo exhibition at National Gallery, “Teater Rakyat”, 

Jakarta, 2010; “Silent Word”, Gajah Gallery, Singapore (2008), 

Mandala, Bidadari, Ubud-Bali (2007), “Belief, Rupa Gallery”, 

Surabaya (2005),etc. He also joined several group exhibitions in 

Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bali and other country. He received awards 

as the Best in Design Arts (during the 4th and 6th anniversary 

of ISI, as the finalist of Philip Morris Award in 1994 and Indofood 

Art Award 2002, Second Place, Jakarta. Through his work he 

expresses his gratitude to God’s creations and gives alternative 

view of Bali than its usual touristy image. He gave specific themes 

on his work from which other painters did not pay attention to. 

This exciting and talented artist has participated in a number of 

group and solo exhibitions throughout Indonesia and abroad. 

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KHALIL IBRAHIM 


Pantai Sabak “Fishermen Series”, 1992 

Watercolour on paper: 27 x 35.5 cm 

Signed and dated, bottom Right: 

Khalil Ibrahim ‘92 

MYR 5,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,500 - 2,400 

Born in 1934, Kelantan. He is one of the most established artists in Malaysia who received art education in St. Martin’s School of Art in London 

(1964) under a local scholarly. Throughout his career, Khalil has held many solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally. He mainly works 

with watercolour and acrylic where his styles ranged from realism to abstract paintings. Khalil Ibrahim was best known for his paintings of figures in 

silhouetted forms, through his paint brush some of the faceless, lookalike shadows become alive with passion as the brushes flow back and forth on the 

canvas. The Pantai Sabak Fishermen series is one of Khalil’s best known series. His passion in human figures is infused with his nostalgia for homeland in 

the east coast. To the left, three fishermen are hauling their fishing net; while to the right, another three are seen facing and listening to each other as 

if having a conversation. Though, the painting seemingly depicting fishermen’s usual daily task, it reveals a magnified detail of a glimpse of a community 

that full of life and love. 

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KHALIL IBRAHIM 


Modesty Series, 2001 



Khalil Ibrahim, 2001 

Documented in 

A Tribute to Khalil Ibrahim published 

by PurpleHouz, pg. 60 

MYR 6,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,800 - 3,000 


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HENDRA GUNAWAN 

(Bandung, 1918 – 1983) 

Lady Vendor, 1977 


Signed and dated, lower right: Hendra ’77 

Provenance: 

Private collection, Jakarta 

MYR 150,000 - 200,000 

USD 45,000 - 60,000 

Hendra Gunawan 

Born in Bandung, 1918. He taught at the Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI), Yogyakarta 

in 1957. His paintings dating between the late 1950s and the 1960s – believed by many the 

best period in his artistic career – are scarce. He took part in founding the Front Seniman in 

Bandung, and Pelukis Rakyat (People’s Artists) in Yogyakarta. He also established the art club 

Pusaka Sunda together with Barli, Obon and some other friends. He is undoubtedly one of the 

Indonesia’s greatest pioneered modernism artists and was considered to be one of the best 

and most versatile painters in Indonesia. He died in Bali 1983. 

Hendra Gunawan’s conveyed his greatest feelings and deepest emotions of his country and 

people. His paintings are full of sympathy, compassion, and affection about common people. 

Hendra’s stylistic figures and landscapes are perhaps influenced by his profound knowledge of 

rich signs and symbols of Javanese culture. Java’s monumental landscapes are often illustrated 

in a decorative approach with bright colours. His works always relate to a deeper level of 

traditional artistic expression in Indonesia. Hendra’s figures are never passive; they always 

depicted as active subjects. Many of his paintings depict the lives of a fish seller, a fruit seller, and 

also a chicken seller. He tends to use the natural objects such as a huge tree, a sandy beach and 

a blue sea as background to his main subject just like the present lot. It describes the theme of 

the common people’s daily life. Hendra explores their activities in his inimitable genuine style. 

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170 

DR. JOLLY KOH 

(b. Singapore,1941) 

Untitled, 2000 


Signed and dated, lower right, Jolly Koh ‘00 

MYR 10,000 - 13,000 

USD 3,000 - 3,900 

Born in 1941, Singapore. He graduated with a National Diploma of Art UK from 

Hornsey College of Art in 1962 and received the Art Teachers’ Certificate (UK) from 

the University Of London Institute Of Education in 1963. He lived abroad in the U.K., 

U.S. and Australia for many years. Between the year of 1957 and 1969 Dr Jolly Koh 

had held several solo exhibitions in Malaysia. Recently, he has participated in numerous 

exhibitions in the USA, Australia, Thailand, Brazil and India. Dr. Jolly Koh works have 

been collected by local and international museums, corporations, banks and hotel, 

including the J.D. Rockefeller III Collection in New York, the National Art Gallery in 

Victoria, Australia, the Kasama Nichido Museum of Art in Japan, Bank Negara Malaysia 

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YUSOF GHANI 

(b. Johor, 1950) 

Biring, 2006 

Pastel / Charcoal on Paper : 48 x 66cm 

Signed and dated,bottom right Yusof Ghani, 2006 

MYR 7,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,100 - 3,600 

Biring series is a 2006/7 series representing cock-fighting. This is one of the important series of the artist’s career of which he took a daring initiative focuses 

on animal movements rather than figures as he excelled in. These two sketches are studies of cockerels fighting in different postures and composition. The 

hostility of tension between two birds is fully represented through bold and expressive brush strokes and is completed with start and vigorous lines. Though 

these are studies works, Yusof Ghani did not show any sign of slacking off in depicting his best expressive brush strokes. 

Born in 1950, Johor. Yusof Ghani is a graduate from the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA. His first solo exhibition at Anton Gallery in 

Washington, D.C. with the "Protest" Series was an achievement. Yusof’s successful art journey began by introducing the most collectible series, Tari, in 1983. 

It follows with other series including Protest, Topeng I, II, III, Wayang, Hijau, Segerak and Wajah. He is known practicing strong lines and spontaneous marks 

on a dynamic composition. Most of his works are stroke-based rendering. 

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NUNUNG RIANTO 

(Bantul, Yogyakarta, 1982) 

Menu Minggu Ini, 2007 


Signed and dated, lower area: Nunung. 2007 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 


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173 

AHMAD ZAKII ANWAR 

(b. Johor, 1955) 

Balinese Twins, 1994 

Acrylic on Canvas: 101.5cm x 76 cm 


‘Ahmad Anwar 94’ 

Literature: 

Cover page Malaysia Art Gallery Guide 

Published by: Blue Dots Art Publisher Sdn. Bhd. 

MYR 60,000 - 80,000 

USD 18,000 - 24,000 

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174 

KHAW SIA 

(b.Shanghai 1913 - 1984) 

Orchids, 1980 



西亚 , 庚申 ,K.Sia,1980 

MYR 35,000 - 55,000 

USD 10,500 - 16,500 

160 


Khaw Sia 


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YONG MUN SEN 


Junk Ship, 1947 

Watercolour on paper: 34.5 x 24.5 cm 

Signed and dated, Bottom left, MunSen 1947 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

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SULAIMAN ESA 

(b.Johor, 1941) 

Snowscape, 1963 


Signed, bottom right, Esa Sulaiman 

Documented in Raja’ah, pg. 309 

MYR 12,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,600 - 4,500 

Painted in the early 60’s, the painting depicts the snow 

landscape which constitute the backyard of the artist’s studio 

while studying formal art education in London. Stylistically 

the painting evidenced the strong influence of Impressionist 

painters such as Pissarro, Sisley and Monet whose work 

provided great source of inspiration and model for the artist 

in the early phase of his artistic career. The subtle hues white, 

grey and rusty brown which capture the bleak and desolate 

landscape with the absent of human figures and barren trees, 

to a certain extent embody the psychological state of the 

artist’s mind who find the sudden change of environment of 

one coming from warm and sunny Malaysia to the cold and 

depressing gray London landscape! 

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R. HADI 

Warung Depan Gerbang 


Signed, lower left: R. Hadi 

MYR 9,500 - 12,000 

USD 2,850 - 3,600 


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164 


Raphael Scott Ahbeng 

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RAPHAEL SCOTT AHBENG 

(b. Bau, 1939) 

New Village, 2010 

Oil on Jute: 149.5 x 230 cm 

Signed, dated and titled, lower Left: 

RSA ‘10 New Village. 

MYR 18,000 - 28,000 

USD 5,400 - 8,400 


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179 

OMAR YAHYA 

(b. 20th Century) 

Gadis Bali, 1960 


Signed and dated, lower right: Omar YH.1960 

MYR 28,000 - 35,000 

USD 8,400 - 10,500 

Omar Yahya 

Not much known about the painter. He paints in a realist style 

in a very rich detail. Many of his paintings are in the hands of 

senior collectors in Indonesia. 

The artist’s work included in the book of 

collection of President Soekarno 

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TEW NAI TONG 

(Selangor, 1936 - 2013) 

Marketplace 


Signed, bottom right: Nai Tong 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

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(b. Kedah, 1945) 

Waiting for Love 

Colour Ink on Chinese Rice Paper: 90.5 x 55.5 cm 

Signed in chinese character and stamped 

MYR 3,000 - 5,000 

USD 900 - 1,500 

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DULLAH 

(Solo, 1919 – 1996) 

Nenek, 1977 


Signed and dated, lower right: Dullah, Bali ’77 

MYR 10,000 - 15,000 

USD 3,000 - 4,500 


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183 

AHMAD SADALI 

(Garut, West Java, 1924 - Bandung, 1987) 

Calligraphy, 1980 


Signed and dated, lower right: Sadali, 1980 

MYR 110,000 - 150,000 

USD 33,000 - 45,000 

Ahmad Sadali 

He graduated from the Department of Art, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) 

in 1953. He was then taught and became the professor in the art department 

in 1972. He received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to study at Iowa 

State University and the New York Art Student’s League in USA 1956-1957. He 

also studied in The Netherlands and Australia in 1977, and Pakistan in 1980. He 

held his solo exhibition in Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Yogyakarta. He also has 

participated in several group exhibitions such as in Indonesia, China, Japan, Thailand, 

Philippines, Singapore, India, Vietnam, USA, Switzerland, UK, France, Brazil and Saudi 

Arabia. He received some Awards including the Anugerah Seni Art Award from the 

Indonesian Government in 1972 and awards from the Jakarta Arts Council at the 

Indonesian Painting Biennials in 1974 and 1978. 

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CHIA YU CHIAN 

(Johor, 1936 - 1991) 

Harbour, Pulau Ketam, 1978 

Watercolour on Paper 46.5 x 57 cm 

Signed and dated, lower left,: 

Yu Chian, 1978 

MYR 12,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,600 - 5,400 

This painting marks an important historical moment of the official opening of 

the Penang Bridge in 1985 by Tun Dr. Mahathir. This painting is a typical work 

of post-impressionism. Yu Chian took an aspect of Impressionism and arrived 

at his own individual style. He manipulated colours by breaking through the 

science of light as cherished by most impressionists. Four major colours 

dominate the painting including blue, white, black and some ochre. The use 

of broken brush stroke for texture creates an optical mix. Reflection of the 

bridge can be discerned through the waving sea. Behind the bridge, we see 

an emergent Penang island where construction cranes are found everywhere. 

It seems that Yu Chian intentionally disregard the passage of time in order to 

capture a significant event that changes the transportation system that affects 

the life pattern of every Penangite. 

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JEIHAN SUKMANTORO 

(Garut, West Java, 1924 - Bandung, 1987) 

Ranti, 2009 


Signed and dated, upper right: Jeihan ‘09 


Artist. 

MYR 12,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,600 - 5,400 


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HOESSEIN ENAS 

(b. Indonesia, 1924-1995 ) 

Portrait of a new resident in Malaysia, 1972 


Signed, lower left: Hoessein 

MYR 35,000 - 50,000 

USD 10,500 - 15,000 

Hoessein Enas 

Dato’ Mohd. Hoessein Enas 

Portrait of a New Resident in Malaysia is an exceptional portrait par excellence. 

It is a half body three quarter portrait of a young attractive Caucasian. She has a 

pair of big blue eyes with long blonde hair. Her nose is long and her lips, slightly 

curled up, are full. She is at her apex of youth. She wears a sleeveless blue top 

and a simple gold necklace. It seems much to say about her beautiful smiles and 

gaze. The sitter was new to Malaya. Her passion and expectation for new life 

can be seen through her eyes. A pair of blue eyes twinkling with hope, instead 

of looking at the artist, she sat gazing out to the world. She smiles with dignity 

serene seemingly not worry about life. Dato’ Hoessein Enas exquisitely captures 

the sitter’s personality and emotion to the viewer. 

The portrait is a commission work of a wedding gift by a couple in 1971. Humbly 

confessed to the art patron that it was the first portrait of a Caucausian, 

Dato’ Hoessein Enas was feeling less confident. Nevertheless, the artist flaunts 

his talent as a great portrait master. Having had the sitter for a few days, Dato’ 

Hoessein Enas spent three weeks to complete. 

Born in 1924 – 1995, Bogor (Indonesia). Dato’ Hoessein Enas was a talent selftaught 

artist who mastered a European realist portraiture style. Enas was a 

member of Fellow Royal Society of Arts, London; member of Board of Trustees; 

former Head of Design and Staging Services, Radio and Television Malaysia; and 

founder and first President of Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung. 


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BAYU YULIANSYAH 

(b. Jakarta, 1976) 

Tasteleri, 2007 


Signed and dated, lower right: Bayu Yuliansyah 

Bayu Yuliansyah was born in Jakarta, 2 July 1976. He studied painting at 

STSI – Denpasar and the Indonesfardian Institute of Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta. 

He has participated in many group exhibitions such as Scene of Woman 

in One Gallery (2006), Still Life in Gallery Vanessa (2005) and many 

others. He awarded as the Best Sketch STSI-Denpasar (1998), and the 

Best Sketch ISI Yogyakarta (2002). 

MYR 8,000 - 12,000 

USD 2,400 - 3,000 

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LUI CHENG THAK 

(b. Negeri Sembilan, 1967) 

a. Bali Temple, 2002 

b. Bali Scene, 2001 

Oil on Canvas: @ 50 x 40 cm 

a)Signed, lower left and dated, lower 

right: L Cheng Thak, Bali, 2002 

b) Signed and dated, lower right: 

L Cheng Thak, Bali, 2001 

MYR 6,000 - 12,000 

USD 1800 - 10,000 

Born in 1967 Negeri Sembilan. Cheng Thak is a self-taught artist who is naturally skilled. His works 

are often filled with historical and architectural value featuring historical buildings and street life. 

Throughout Cheng Thak’s artistic journey, he has participated in various group exhibitions including the 

Philip Morris Malaysian Asean Art Awards, National Art Gallery and furthermore. He had his first solo 

exhibition As I was Passing in Kuala Lumpur and his most recent exhibition titled Redeem (2014) and 

Colour Crazy (2013). Here, Lui captures two women dressed in their traditional Balinese costumes 

while carrying out their daily ritual of offerings. One kneeling with hands held high praying while the 

other walking towards the shrine offering a banten; it is a simple but holy rituals for the Balinese. 

Bali Scene captures a young woman in her lace, embellished blouse and gorgeous sarong with a red 

hibiscus as hair accessory. She sits at the entrance of the shrine while holding a round basket that 

holds her offering. The offerings are arranged in a way laborious yet attractive ways, leaves are cut and 

assembled in a way that formed pyramidal shape (jejaitan), which Lui has depicted them beautifully in 

this painting. 


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SRIHADI SUDARSONO 

(b. Solo, 1931) 

Dance with Fan, 1990 


Signed and dated, upper right: Srihadi S.1990 


Literature: 

Jean Couteau, Srihadi Soedarsono: The Path of the Soul, 

published by The Lontar Foundation, Jakarta, 2003, pg. 146 

MYR 180,000 - 250,000 

USD 54,000 - 75,000 

Srihadi Sudarsono 

Srihadi is an artist with deep cultural background. His integrity as a creative artist was 

formed through his formal education as well as through his life experiences. There 

are two important aspects in Srihadi’s paintings: first, the artistic value of colour 

composition; and the second, the philosophical value that reflects the meaning of 

life, cultural, and social value. Some of his figurative paintings, especially the dancers, 

look deceptively similar, and that the figures have become stereotypes. However, 

one should try to appreciate and study the details and minimal variations rather than 

a formal depiction. Srihadi pays particular attention to the characteristic of dancers 

and the artistic form of a dance. Every dance has its language or vocabulary of 

movement and type of costume imbued with a philosophical meaning. The dancing 

figures in Srihadi’s painting are characterized with the use of other elements such 

as mask, fan, mirror, offerings or flowers. In the present lot the figure is posed in an 

elegant style holding a fan in front of her chest. Her gaze is directed us as if she in 

contemplating in something or perhaps just a symbolical meaning of her own self 

spiritual expansiom. 

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LEE MAN FONG 

(Guangzhou 1913 - 1988) 

A Sitting Nude, 1976 

Pastel on Paper : 59 x 46 cm 

Signed and chinese seal, dated, lower left ‘76 

MYR 25,000 - 40,000 

USD 7,500 - 12,000 

Lee Man Fong 

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HO KHAY BENG 

(b. Penang, 1933 -1986) 

A Pair of Dragons, 1975 



bottom left: Beng ‘75 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

Dragon is a legendary creature that features in the myth of many cultures including Chinese. 

Ho’s painting of dragon could be associated with the Chinese dragon, long scaled serpentine 

creature with four legs, horns of a deer, head of a crocodile, demon eyes etc. that resembles 

of nine animals. Traditionally, dragons carry the symbolisms of potent and auspicious powers. 

They control over water, rainfall and floods. According to Chinese folklore dragons can show 

themselves as water spouts or twister over water; in Khay Beng’s work, this belief were being 

demonstrated. Using blurry, uneven, light colour spots the dragon was seen moving upwards 

rising to the sky, emerging from the water. 

Born in 1933. After graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in 1958, Ho has opted to 

continue his studies in Italy at Rome academy of Fine Art. His first solo exhibition was held at the 

Chin Kang, Penang where the proceeds were later on used to fund his study in Italy. During his 

year in Italy, he has been awarded with six gold and silver medals in competition in Italy; and few 

solo exhibitions were being held at Galleria Guila Flavia and Galleria Michelangelo. Among all, his 

biggest achievement was when he was being invited to exhibit in Italy’s National Art Gallery in 

Rome; and was awarded the Overseas Chinese Arts Association Price. 

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192 

ERICA HESTU WAHYUNI 


The Elephants Family, 2013 


Signed and dated, lower right: Erica 2013 



authenticity from the Artist. 

MYR 6,000 - 8,000 

USD 1,800 - 2,400 


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193 

FATIMAH CHIK 

(b. Johor, 1947) 

Kampung, 2004 



Fatimah Chik, 2004 

MYR 5,000 - 10,000 

USD 1,500 - 3,000 

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LEE ENG BENG 

(b. Pinang, 1967) 

A Helping Hand, 2010 


Signed and dated, lower right: Eng Beng, 2010 

MYR 5,000 - 9,000 

USD 1,500 - 2,700 

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195 

ARIE SMIT 

(b. Zaandam, 1916) 

Temple and Trees, 2006 

Acrylic on canvas: 22 x 27.5 cm 

Signed and dated, lower right: Arie Smit ’06 



authenticity from Neka Art Museum. 

MYR 12,000 - 18,000 

USD 3,600 - 5,400 

Born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, 1916. He was a student 

of the Academy of Arts in Rotterdam before working as 

lithographer for the Dutch Colonial Army in the Dutch Indies 

prior to the Second World War. He moved to Bali in 1956 to 

engage in full time painting and became an Indonesian Citizen, 

produced as well as taught painting at the Bandung Institute 

of Technology (ITB). Many of his paintings depict the nature of 

his surrounding environment. He had several solo exhibitions 

in Bandung Institute of Technology, The Honolulu East West 

Center, and the Center of Strategic and International Studies 

in Jakarta. He received the “Dharma Kusuma” art awards from 

the local government of Bali. 


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Index of Artist 

Abdul Aziz 

Abdul Mutal ib Bin Zakaria 

Abdullah Ariff 

Agung Mangu Putra 

Agus Djaya 

Agus Riyadi 

Ahmad Sadali 

Ahmad Syahbandi 

Ahmad Zakii Anwar 

Amron Omar 

Anang Asmara 

Arie Smit 

Arifien Neif 

Awang Damit 

Basoeki Abdullah 

Bayu Yuliansyah 

Bo Yuan 

Ch’ng Huck Theng 

Chan Chiow Teng 

Chang Fee Ming 

Chen Wen Hsi 

Cheng Haw-Chien 

Cheng Shui 

Cheong Soo Pieng 

Cheung Pooi Yip 

Chia Yu Chian 

Chng Kiah Kiean 

Choh Kiat Siang 

Choh Kok Kheong 

Chong Hon Fatt 

Chuah Seow Keng 

Chuah Siew Teng 

Dandung B. Kahono 

Dato Sharifah Fatimah 

Dato’ Sim Mow Yu 


Dato’ Tan Chee Khuan 

Dato’ Tay Mo Leong 

David Armi Putra 

Dr. Cheah Thiensong 

Dr. Chung Chensun 

Dr. Foo Yong Kong 

Dr. Jolly Koh 

Dullah 

Dzulkifli Buyong 

Erica Hestu Wahyuni 

Ernest Dezentje 

Fatimah Chik 

Fauzul Yusri 

Fong Kim Sing 

38 

87 

6, 151 

166 

33 

76 

183 

56 

173 

70, 152 

135 

195 

58 

12, 93 

147 

187 

46 

114 

92 

95 

22, 111 

14 

67, 143 

84 

52 

25, 153, 184 

10 

85 

2 

54 

89 

71 

100 

113, 118 

72, 121 

66, 156 

139 

9 

163 

148, 164 

74, 126 

115 

170 

7, 182 

28 

112, 192 

81 

193 

140 

60 

Gerard Pieter Adolfs 

H. H Lim 

H.A.L. Wichers 

Hasim 

Hendra Gunawan 

Heng Eow Lin 

Ho Khay Beng 

Hoessein Enas 

Huang Yao 

I Gede Made Surya Darma 

Ibrahim Hussein 

Irsam 

Ismadi Sallehudin 

Ismail Latiff 


Iwan Srihartoko 

Jalaini Abu Hassan 

James Sum Kin Hing 

Jeihan Sukmantoro 

Jose 

Josef 

Keng Seng Choo 

Khalil Ibrahim 

Khaw Sia 

Khoo Sui Hoe 

Koempoel Sujatno 

Kok Poo 

Kow Leong Kiang 

Kuo Ju Ping 

Latiff Mohidin 

Lee Cheng Yong 

Lee Eng Beng 

Lee Long Looi 

Lee Man Fong 

Lee Weng Fatt 

Leo Eland 

Li Baoyi 

Li Jia Yao 

Loo Hooi Nam 

Lui Cheng Thak 

Ma Xiguang 

Mansor Ghazali 

Marvin Chan 

Nik Zainal Abidin Nik Mohamad 

Salleh 

Nugroho Wijayatmo 

Nunung Rianto 

88 

75 

106 

134 

169 

26, 78 

3, 191 

186 

47, 96, 108, 124 

61 

48 

19 

21 

79 

23, 57, 91, 158, 

162 

146 

18, 105 

101 

97, 185 

159 

49 

24, 83, 181 

167, 168 

68, 94, 102, 174 

17, 20, 41 

116 

110 

137 

36, 82, 107 

29 

62 

194 

77 

190 

99 

150 

125 

13, 45 

37, 55 

188 

15, 73 

1 

34 

155 

31 

171 

Nyoman Gunarsa 

Omar Yahya 

Otto Djaya 

Pheh It Hao 

Popo Iskandar 

R. Hadi 

Raduan Man 

Raphael Scott Ahbeng 

Ren Yunong 

Roedyat Martadiredja 

Rusli 

Rustamadji 

S. Toyo 

Sabri 

Sabri Salleh 

Soetopo 

Soh Boon Kiong 

Srihadi Sudarsono 

Sudjono Abdullah 

Suhaidi Razi 

Sulaiman Esa 

Suzlee Ibrahim 

Syed Thajudeen 

Tan Peng Hooi 

Tan Choon Ghee 

Tang Hong Lee 

Tatang Ganar 

Tayep Bin Yop 

Tew Nai Tong 

Tiarma Sirait 

Tresna Suryawan 

Umi Dachlan 

Wakidi 

Wang Weibao 

Wei Lin 

Widayat 

Yao Tuo/ Tsui Ta Tee 

Yap Chin Hoe 

Yeong Seak Ling 

Yong Mun Sen 

Yusof Ghani 

Zulkifli Yusoff 

161 

179 

90 

127 

30, 123 

11, 177 

40 

64, 178 

109 

53 

65 

128 

132 

136 

157 

141 

145 

189 

35 

43, 165 

131, 133, 176 

32, 63, 138 

50, 130 

4 

42, 160 

39 

16 

5, 59 

104, 142,154, 

180 

103 

44 

129 

119 

144 

86 

8, 98 

122 

80 

120 

117, 149, 175 

69, 172 

27, 51 

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