Lot 2591. A fine turquoise-ground famille rose pear-shaped bottle vase, Daoguang six-character sealmark and of the period (1821-1850); 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 187,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008

Finely enamelled on the globular body with four large Indian lotus blooms, each with a stylised Shou medallion at the centre, below four pairs of bats in flight suspending beribboned Wan symbols from their mouths, against a network of floral scrolls on a turquoise-ground, the tapering neck flanked with a pair of ruyi-form handles in iron-red and gilt, the flared mouth rim similarly decorated with an iron-red band, further decorated with a band of classic scroll, supported on a slightly splayed foot, box. 

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 3 December 2008