Lot 141. An Underglaze-Blue and Copper Red Slender Ovoid Vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period (1736-1795); 17.8cm, 7in. Estimate 1,000 - 1,500 GBP. Lot sold 5,250 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the gently sloping body rising to a rounded shoulder and narrowing to a slightly everted rim, painted with 'one hundred bats' in the form of a fu character, beside a pine tree and rockwork. 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London