A famille rose turquoise-ground, baluster vase. Jiaqing  iron-red  seal mark and of the period  (1796-1820) . photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012

The vase is decorated with bats surrounded by large stylised lotus blooms with delicately painted leafy stems, all below a large ruyi-shaped band to the shoulder; 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.) high. Lot 379. Estimate £80,000 - £120,000

Notes: The lotus scroll decoration on this vase is very similar in style and quality to a Jiaqing yellow-ground bowl and cover in the Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 204, no. 180. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 15 May 2012. London, King Street