A celadon and blue underglaze porcelain baluster vase with flared neck. The body is decorated in blue and white on a celadon ground with Shou Lao holding a longevity peach, a figure appearing before an official holding a ruyi scepter and followed by a servant carrying a vase containing three qinglong ji halberds. A pavilion clinging to a rock in the clouds adorns the shoulder, and a Taoist and his assistant surmounted by a crane in flight decorate the neck flanked by two molded and applied dragon chi handles. China, 19th century H . 42 cm (mounted as a lamp. Wooden base. Pierced. One handle glued back) This scene is an illustration of the rebus "may you have three unexpected promotions". Ping sheng san ji 平升三级 Scenery: Hua ping (vase) and san ji (three halberds). Rebus: ping de hua ping forms a pun meaning "unexpected promotion". San ji, three halberds, forms a pun meaning "three grades".