CHINA. Pair of flared-neck baluster vases in polychrome-enameled porcelain, decorated on the body with round medallions featuring stylized shou characters surrounded by friezes of flowers on a dark-blue ground, the shoulder adorned with friezes of lingzhi in relief, the neck and heel decorated in famille rose-style polychrome enamels with lotuses in their foliage on a pink ground and sgraffiatto. Two elephant-head handles. On the reverse, the apocryphal mark of Qianlong (restorations, chips and cracks on the neck). 19th century. Height: 38 cm. On the reverse of one, an old label "Bing. 9 rue Chauchat. Paris". Expert : Madame Alice Jossaume