Lot 2077. An iron-red and gilt-decorated vase, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 28.8 cm., 11 3/8 in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD (  28,922 — 38,562 EUR). Lot Sold 860,000 HKD (82,909 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. 

of baluster form supported on a low foot, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of light blue enamelled 'C'-shaped foliage handles, each side of the body painted with a large lotus blossom enclosed within foliate scrolls, below a slightly smaller lotus bloom suspending a lantern at the shoulder, surrounded by endless knots and bats flying amidst floral scrolls and swirling clouds, all painted reserved on an even iron-red background, the interior and base glazed turquoise, the underside inscribed in iron-red with a six-character reign mark.

Note: An iron-red ground gilt-decorated vase of similar design, also of Jiaqing mark and period, is in the Huaihaitang Collection, exhibited in Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 83.