A similar vase in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum: Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 13; while another of this design was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 May 2002, lot 582. There are also vases of comparable shape and design but of larger size (50 cm. high) such as the example sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 839.

The symbols of longevity and good fortune are numerous on these vases. Peaches are traditionally associated with longevity, and are represented on each vase as a large shaped panel containing nine further peaches painted in clusters. The five bats on each panel symbolise the wufu, Five Blessings, and these include wealth, good health, happiness, love of virtue and a peaceful death. The auspicious wish for longevity is further enhanced by the small shou medallions centred on each of the sixteen lotus flowerheads.