Lot 1804. A famille rose baluster vase, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.  

The body gently tapering from the angled shoulder, finely painted around the sides with an animated scene of a fisherman holding a net gazing at a lady holding a scale and basket of fish in a lush landscape, the reverse with three bats in flight above a large tree growing from jagged rockwork, the neck painted with a cloth-wrapped qin, wine jar, finger citron and two eggplants on the reverse.