TWO ENAMELED 'VIEWS OF JIANGXI' OGEE-FORM BOWLS Ju ren tang zhi marks, Republic period (2)PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTIONTWO ENAMELED 'VIEWS OF JIANGXI' OGEE-FORM BOWLSJu ren tang zhi marks, Republic periodEach with with a rounded lower body set over a slightly tapered foot and rising to a wide, cupped rim, carefully enameled on the exterior with a historic site in Jiangxi province, one with a multi-tiered pavilion and auxiliary structures all surrounded by a crenelated wall and labeled on the opposite side with the phrase Teng wang gao ge (Lofty Pavilion of Prince Teng), the other with a bridge leading across Nanchang's East Lake to Baihua Island with structures and gates on either side and willows growing along the banks, accompanied by the abbreviated phrase Huazhou chun xiao (Spring Dawn in Baihua), the base of each bowl with an iron-red seal mark reading Ju ren tang zhi (Hall where benevolence resides).6 3/4in (17.1cm) diam. (2).民國時期 粉彩江西十景圖折腰碗一對《居仁堂制》篆書款Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.Provenance:Manatee Galleries, Palmetto, circa 2010-2012The present bowls were originally part of a set of ten, with each bowl depicting a different site in Jiangxi province. Sets of bowls with this subject matter were first created in the Jiaqing period (1796-1820) and continued in the Daoguang period (1820-1850), with many bearing the respective imperial marks. The present set represents a revival of the form in the Republic period (1912-1949). One of these bowls is painted with the Pavilion of Prince Teng, which is along the Gan river in Xinjian county, and was described in a poem by Wang Bo (649-676). The image on the other bowl represents Donghu shuyuan (East Lake College) which sat on Baihua Island in the city of Nanchang. The island was home to a famous garden designed in the Song dynasty (960-1379).