A pair of Chinese Peoples Republic porcelain vases, 20th century, the flared rim above a black stencilled pendant drop neck, above transfer printed and hand painted Manchurian cranes amongst peony and prunus blossom, heightened with gilding, the reverse with portrait bust of Mao above a poem 'A hundred leagues locked in ice, a thousand leagues of whirling snow', above a stencilled black band, four character seal mark, Made at Jingdezhen, 46cm ( by repute given as a gift to Rt Hon. Edward Heath by Chairman Mao) Condition report: No obvious faults.