Is Carina Lau selling her Shanghai penthouse for US$28 million? The Hong Kong icon’s three-storey mansion in Pudong is filled with expensive Chinese art and overlooks the Huangpu River
Located on the top floors of a building at Shimao Riviera Garden residential complex in the Pudong area, the home reportedly occupies around 30,000 sq ft, has five bedrooms, four living spaces and its own private pool. Oh, and a garden with fabulous views of the Huangpu River, according to HK01.
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She also revealed that Chang took almost a year and a half to plan the decor and purchase various artefacts and antiques one by one from Europe.
“People said that I love parties, mahjong and all kinds of things, but in fact, I love my home the most. I love deep hues and wood and also simplicity, yet, classical touches combining the East and the West,” Lau explained in the interview.
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With its gorgeous decor, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Lau’s Shanghai flat is an art piece in itself. And that’s before we’ve even addressed the literal art she has filled it with. “It’s just like an art museum,” one netizen commented after seeing Lau’s post on Instagram.
Lau recently showcased some of her artworks in her Shanghai house on social media, including a museum-sized Ed Hardy Bearbrick figure, while another calligraphy masterpiece, by sought-after contemporary Chinese artist Xu Bing, hung on the wall in the background.
Lau is clearly a big fan of Chinese art. In her dining room, there is another contemporary painting by the famous Chinese abstract artist Zhang Enli, whose works such as Two Kilos of Beef (1993) and Indignation (1993) are selling for millions of yuan at auction, according to sina.com.
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In another post on Instagram, a hanging scroll by influential Chinese painter and pioneering comic artist Feng Zikai were also spotted in a corner of Lau’s home.
It seems the pieces we’ve managed to get a glimpse of thanks to her magazine interviews and social media posts may only be the tip of the iceberg. One could even assume that the art pieces and antiques in Lau’s home are worth even more than the house itself!
- From Ed Hardy Bearbricks to pieces by Chinese artists Xu Bing and Feng Zikai, the Days of Being Wild star’s love of art is clear from the sheer amount of it in her home
- Believed to have its own garden terrace, a swimming pool and five bedrooms, local media reports that her Pudong pied-à-terre is now on sale for US$28 million
