A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASES, the globular body and waisted neck glazed a rich sky-blue and gilt with vertical lines of shou character medallions joined by wan characters and surrounded by stylised bats, the foot with a border of stylised stiff lappets, the shoulder with a band of scrolling peony, the everted rim with a band of overlapping pendent ruyi (one rim restored), Guangxu six-character mark with in a rectangle and of the period