An impressive pair of Cantonese rose Mandarin floor vases, late Qing Dynasty, second half 19th century, the baluster vases with broad trumpet necks with applied chilongs to the collar and zoomorphic handles, decorated to the body with figural narratives scenes to shaped cartouches between brocade borders to the scalloped rim and foot, on a white ground embellished with auspicious Daoist symbols, flora and insects, height 63 cm