Lot 72. A blue and white baluster vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century; 37.4 cm, 14 3/4  in.. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot Sold 500,000 HKD (63,855 USD). © Sotheby's.

the baluster body surmounted by a waisted neck, decorated in cobalt blue with a flowering prunus tree and smaller budding branches around the neck above a band of clusters of pine needles, the neck encircled by a double-raised fillet.