A very large pair of Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shang Pu' vases, each vase is decorated with two turquoise-ground gilt-decorated archaistic dragon handles, the bodies are decorated in mirror image with scattered characters from the Wu Shuang Pu, the 'Table of Peerless Heroes' and each figure is accompanied with a title and panels shaped as auspicious objects enclosing inscriptions identifying the characters, the rim and the foot with a floral squared-scroll bands, the vases 132cm high, on carved gilt wood stands, 36cm high x 39cm wide (2) Provenance: From a Country House collection, Hampshire. 清 无双谱人物大瓶一对高：132cm拍品来源：英国汉普郡私人乡村大宅收藏

one vase broken and restored with rivets and infill, also with one handle restored and the other handle with terminal chipThe other vase with one handle restored and one handle re-stuck The gilt wood stands with repairs and losses