Is this a Chinese Jurentang Vase?

I feel like I've been burning up the boards with my many questions today. It seems like lately I've bought more items than usual that I can't readily identify. Was wondering if this is a Jurentang mark.....it sure looks like it, as does the decoration style. thanks for any help!

 

What beautiful detail in the face!

 

Thanks, I like it too. Kinda disappointed though. When I bought this, it came with another one very similar to it...but the other one had been broken in many places and badly repaired, so I'm just going to sell this one and trash the other. What a shame.

 

I agree, really beautifully done!

 

One of the few times I have seen "personality" attributed to human figures portrayed on porcelain. You gots PEOPLE on dat vase - not jus figgers!

 

Agree -- painting is quite fine on this one. No idea what a jurentang vase is, though!

 

It looks like it is Jurentang. The mark is the same as on this pair of vases, sold at a Bonhams auction last year (apparently the mark is upside down in your image). The quality looks comparable, too.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20789/lot/233/

 

I googled: http://gotheborg.com/glossary/jurentang.shtml

 

Thanks for the links, Pat and Wendy. I guess I will have this looked at by an auction house. I'll let you know what they say.

 

With the highly skilled work that clearly went into your vase, I'll be surprised if it's not the real deal. Good luck!

 

Is the mark stamped or hand drawn? There are antique Chinese pieces with stamped marks but Jurentang are rumored to have made pieces for the Imperial court and other higher officials so I would expect a hand written mark.
I think the enamels should be more pale, kind of more relaxing, not that bright. Freely painted not stiffed. The drawing is fine but there are millions of skillful people in China that can do that.
Try to find as many examples as you can online and start to compare all the details - faces, the way the clothes are drawn, the color of the enamels etc. I would try with only the big auction houses because small dealers are very often misrepresenting. The base is also important but they not always show pictures of it.
Hope the vase to be the real deal.