A pair of iron-red decorated vases, 19th/20th century, each of ovoid form, painted with a maiden seated at a scholar's desk surrounded by books and other objects, her male companion standing beside jardinieres of lingzhi and flowers nearby, details in gilt and grisaille, the base inscribed with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark in iron-red, wood stands (4) 19.5 cm. Provenance: J.