PAIR OF FINELY PAINTED FAMILLE ROSE VASES QIANLONG MARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD each of ovoid form, rising from a short tapering foot to a waisted neck and flaring rim, finely enamelled around the exterior with a bird perched on a creeper entwined around flowering chrysanthemum branches, inscribed with a two-line poetic stanza, with two seals 'Qian' and 'Long', the base with a blue enamel four-character Qianlong reign mark with double squares (2) 23.5cm high