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A PAIR OF ENAMELLED BALUSTER VASES
Ju Ren Tang blue-enamel seal mark, Republic Period
Each 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high.

民國 琺瑯彩人物圖瓶一對
礬紅「居仁堂製」篆書款

Provenance:
Bluett & Son Ltd., London
R.H.R Palmer (1898-1970), acquired from the above in October 1947,
Collection no.624

Published and Exhibited:
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome
Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, London, 1951, no.208

來源：
倫敦古董商Bluett & Son Ltd.
R.H.R Palmer（1898-1970）於1947年10月購自上者，典藏編號624

展覽著錄：
倫敦東方陶瓷學會，《Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain
of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912》，倫敦，1951年，編號208

Finely painted with an Immortal, who may be identified as Zhang In 1916 Guo Baochang, an antique dealer with a good relation to the
Guolao, reclining on a large gourd beside an attendant, both vases Court, was appointed to arrange for Imperial wares to be made during
bearing a four-character ‘Ju ren tang zhi’ seal mark on the base. the Hongxian period (1915-1916) What really came out of this project
is still under current debate, however, scholars have argued that
Ju ren tang, the ‘Hall where Benevolence Resides’, located in wares bearing the Jurentang mark are the only genuine products of
Zhongnanhai, was built by the Guangxu Emperor, originally named the Hongxian period as opposed to other wares bearing the Hongxian
‘Hoi Yin Tang’, and later renamed ‘Ju ren tang’ by Yuan Shikai when mark, which may have been later. The 1947 acquisition date of the
he took up residence in the building, initially as President of China. The present pair of vases makes this pair highly useful as a benchmark for
quality of porcelain wares produced there was reputed to be excellent porcelain wares produced during the early 20th century in China.
and often presented to favoured officials.

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