A pair of gilt-decorated iron-red 'geese and lotus' vases, Republic period | 民國 礬紅描金瑞鵝戲水圖瓶一對 《居仁堂製》款

Collection of Mrs. T. C. Duncan Eaves, acquired in London in 1976.

Georgia Private Collection.

Sotheby's New York, 21st March 2015, lot 880.

Bulletin Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, vol. XVIII, no. 2, Rotterdam, 1967, p. 72, fig. 12.

H.A. Van Oort, The Porcelain of Hung-Hsien, Lochem, 1970, no. 25.

H.A. Van Oort, Chinese Porcelains of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Lochem, 1977, p. 94, pl. 126.

Jurentang, formerly known as Haiyantang, was originally built for the Empress Dowager Cixi. Yuan Shikai, the general who briefly declared himself the Hongxian Emperor from 1915-1916, used the site as his residence for 83 days. It is thought that pieces with the Jurentang hallmark were produced during this period and are considered among the best examples of Hongxian period porcelain.