CHINE, XIX ème Set of two porcelain vases, the rounded sides and long straight necks flared at the opening, with yellow monochrome glaze incised with foliage motifs. Apocryphal six-character marks in double blue circles under the bases, Yongzheng for one and Xuande for the other. H. 30 - Diam. 19 cm (Restoration to the neck for one)

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