A large pair of Chinese export porcelain 'Canton famille rose' vases, circa 1870, each enamelled overall with variant shaped panels of lively court scenes, surrounded by a gilded floral border and set amongst birds and butterflies, auspicious fruit and flowers, including peaches, peonies, lotus and pomegranates, as well as precious Buddhist objects, with four applied gui dragons, and an additional two applied gui dragon handles to the upper body of each vase, (large star crack and significant repairs to one vase), 62 and 63 cm high