026
b. Kedah, 1950
Lye Yau Fatt
Don’t Kiss Me 09
2009
signed bottom right
acrylic on canvas
75 x 95cm
Provenance
Private collection, Penang; acquired directly from artist.
Estimate
RM 10,000 – 12,000
Price Realised
RM 12,100
The whimsical title of this still-life is drawn from the two cherubic porcelain figurines on the left although dwarfed by the other objects, such as the Chinese famille-rose plate, the large but empty classical bird cage and the sea-shell cone. The objects, laid out on a classical antique table, tell about antiquity, Nyonya culture, life and something personal as the artist’s father was an avid collector of sea shells.
