View of a Scholar's Desk Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll Inscribed and signed Banding laoren, dedicated to Tian Yanzhi (1896-1979), and with four seals of the artist Dated wuzi year (1948) 111 x 40cm (43¾ x 15¾in) 注脚 Provenance: Private Taiwan collection. Received directly from the original owner Tian Yinzhi (1896-1979). 陳半丁　茗杯書卷伴夜讀　設色紙本　立軸　一九四八年作 款識： 茗杯書卷意蕭然，燈火微明夜不眠。竹樹雨收殘月出，清聲涼影滿窻前。戊子（1948）冬日，璌之硯弟索畫，半丁老人七十有三。 鈐印：半丁老人、山陰陳年、山陰道上人、花草精神 來源：台灣私人珍藏。直接獲贈於上款人田縯之 (1896-1976)。 上款：「璌之」為田縯之，名寅，字縯之，演之，一字虎公。河北平山人。一九二〇年入北平國立藝專，師從陳半丁、姚茫父等習畫。一九四九年移居台灣，任教於宜蘭省立中學。