Thank you for submitting your items for appraisal. These vases appear to be japanese Satsuma vases with moriage slip dekoration, hand painted with scenes of family life, surrounded by flying cranes, partly gilt. The calabash shaped impressed mark is difficult to decipher. It might read "dai nippon .. Taizan sei". It appears to be a variation of a Taizan signature, Meiji period, late 19th century. During that period huge numbers of Satsuma vases were exported to Europe and the USA and obviously to Australia as well. The Taizan potters had a long family tradition. The last generation produced mainly for export, the quality is above average in general. The damage to the second vase is substantial, therefore the estimate is for the undamaged vase only.