A pair of large Chinese porcelain famille verte 'foreigners and horses' vases, 19th century, each painted to the exterior with one side depicting a officials and foreigners looking on as a man beats a horse, the reverse with women bearing swords and banners in a courtyard as an elder looks on, the neck painted with scholars in vast mountainous landscapes, 60.5cm high (2)十九世紀 五彩山水樓閣人物圖盤口大瓶一對 品相報告 Condition Report: One vase with some rim frits and a few deep pits/firing flaws, with grazes to the interior of the footrim. The other vase with pits to the rim, with some large pits to the interior of the neck, and some old star cracks to the base. Both vases with loss of enamel, and general surface wear overall commensurate with age.