A fine 'famille-rose' baluster vase Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period

the tall tapering body with an angled shoulder rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, the exterior painted with a figural scene depicting two ladies standing on a terrace, one observing a scholar playing a qin at a desk through a window, the other fanning herself, in a garden setting, with bats flying above below the moon and stellar constellations, the neck decorated with detached lingzhi fungus and bamboo sprays  

A similar pair of vases was sold in our New York rooms, 20th March 2002, lot 194; and another was sold in these rooms, 7th May 2002, lot 531.