A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT, BITONG

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT, BITONG
KANGXI 1662-1722

The cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of scholars painting scrolls, playing weiqi and musical instruments, and inscribed with a Qing dynasty poem from Jian huji, the base with a six character Jiajing mark, 17.8cm.

‘The Four Arts’ of the Chinese scholar, were the four main academic and artistic talents required of the aristocratic ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman. They were the mastery of the qin, qi, shu and the hua, and are also referred to by listing all four, qinqishuhua.

Provenance: from the family collection of Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923), and Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980). The original Terry family furniture is on display at Fairfax House in York; it was donated to the York Civic Trust after Noel’s death in 1980. Henry Leetham is recorded by R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.290, as a client of both Bluett's and Sparks between 1914 and 1927.

清康熙 青花琴棋書畫筆筒
《大明嘉靖年製》青花楷書款

來源：Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923)及Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980)家族收藏。據R David及D Jellinek所著《來源》一書中記載（頁290），1914年至1927年間Leetham是Bluett's及Sparks古董店的常客。