LOT 31
ONG KIM SENG
B. Singapore, 1945
Cleaning Jars – Beach Road off Sultan Gate, 12th December, 1982
Signed on lower right
Acquired in Singapore in the late 1980s, from Sun Craft Art Gallery, Tanglin Shopping Centre
Ink and colour on paper
73.5 x 53 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
RM 14,000 – RM 28,000
Entitled ‘Cleaning Jars — Beach Road off Sultan Gate’, this work is as humble as it is beautiful. Ong with his mastery, depicts an array of stored away clay urns and jars. An earthy palette becomes the painting, with meticulous portrayal of details. In a distance, a subject is seen in the midst of an act. There is a simplistic beauty to this work.