A 19th century Chinese high shouldered baluster wucai vase in the Kangxi style, painted in bright polychrome enamels with large taotie masks and yellow reserves with floral and foliate designs divided by the central band of archaistic scroll over a profusion of flying bats and light green cracked ice band at the foot, the base with double circle in underglaze blue, late Qing dynasty, 41 cm high