A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'TEN-THOUSANDS BOYS' TRUMPET-SHAPED PORCELAIN VASES, YENYEN China, Qing Dynasty, Likely Guangxu period Thickly potted and richly adorned in the famille rose palette with a pinkish covering ground with numerous double gourds and tendrils, two calabash-shaped reserved medallions on each vase adorned with immortals and playing boys. Various inscriptions such as Ming Cheng Zi Jia 名成子教. H: 41,5 cm Note: This pair of vases adorned with several boys and numerous gourds and tendrils conveys a wish of fertility and many sons and grandsons. Indeed, trailing gourd vines are described in Chinese as man (蔓) and this character can also be pronounced as wan and has the exact same pronunciation and meaning as 万 which means 10,000. Additionally, because the gourd contains many seeds, the Chinese associate the gourd with 10,000 children. 一对粉彩玫瑰“十万孩童”喇叭形日元瓷瓶 中国，清朝，可能在光绪年间