A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS' VASE

Qing Dynasty

清 青花文房之物紋瓶

《大明成化年製》款

The globular body rising to a long flared neck set with a protruding band, painted with an array of scholar's objects to include a table screen, bundles of texts, a ruyi sceptre, vases and incense burners, all opposite a panel depicting a pair of scholars in a river landscape scene, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double ring,

22cm high

Provenance: Clare de Pinna (1889-1986), Chiswick, London, by descent from her husband Arthur in 1947, thence by descent;

Previously in the collection of Arthur Abraham Clifford De Pinna (1889-1947), the son of David Saffeti De Pinna (1853-1908) whose probate effects were sworn at £810, 6s 9d. In the 1911 census Arthur is described as a “second hand furniture dealer”. ‘A.C. de Pinna Limited’, located at 20 Dover Street, Piccadilly, was no longer considered financially viable on the 6^th January 1914, and it went into voluntary liquidation on the 10^th June 1914. After serving in WWI on the 7^th of January 1919 Arthur relinquished his appointment and would again go into business however by 1931, he was facing bankruptcy charges filed by his creditors. The case was proved in March 1932 and the business went into receivership.

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