Lot 387. A large blue and white baluster vase, 18th century; 23½ in. (60 cm.) high. Estimate  GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Price realised GBP 34,850.  © Christie's Images Ltd 2012

The vase is painted around the slightly globular body with four roundels of peaches, bats and lingzhi heads, all interspersed with stylised scrolls. The tapering shoulder is decorated with a band of crashing waves below a band of stylised lotus blooms, and the tall neck is painted with a band of lotus flowers borne on leafy scrolls and applied on either side with tubular handles painted with crashing waves. 

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