A pair of Canton famille rose mounted vases, richly enamelled with variously shaped panels of figure scenes and birds, butterflies, cockerels, reserved on a ground of fruit, scrolls, foliage and flowers (bases pierced), 19th Century - 57 cm high; and a pair of gu-shaped mounted vases, the central section painted in underglaze-blue framed by a carved dark-brown geometric-pattern border, between carved and applied bands of vine and pointed leaves, the sides set with lion-mask ring-handles, 19th Century - 39.5 cm high (4)

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A pair of Canton famille rose mounted vases, richly enamelled with variously shaped panels of figure scenes and birds, butterflies, cockerels, reserved on a ground of fruit, scrolls, foliage and flowers (bases pierced), 19th Century - 57 cm high; and a pair of gu-shaped mounted vases, the central section painted in underglaze-blue framed by a carved dark-brown geometric-pattern border, between carved and applied bands of vine and pointed leaves, the sides set with lion-mask ring-handles, 19th Century - 39.5 cm high (4)

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