Qianlong marks, Republic period Each with a thinly potted ovoid body rising to a waisted neck, finely painted with a cockerel and hen pursuing a butterfly amidst a garden of bamboo and peonies, a poetic inscription at the opposite side, a band of lappets encircling the foot and ruyi heads at the rim, the base with a four-character mark in overglaze blue. 5 1/2in (14cm) high (2).