A pair of Chinese Republic period porcelain vases, each of ovoid shape with slender neck with stylized dragon form handles. Polychrome painted with Confucian scholars and attendants in garden settings and with a lappet scrolling floral design on a red ground. Da Qing Duoguang marks to the base. Raised on circular stepped wooden stands, Provenance: from the collection of Lieutenant Colonel Raynar-Smith. Collected in Shanghai in the 1930s, 40 cm height