A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'HUNDRED ANTIQUES' VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

The ovoid body supported on a tall spread foot and surmounted by a gently flaring neck, decorated to the exterior with a figure seated atop an elephant, archaic vessels, a qin, a plume of peacock feathers, a ruyi-sceptre, a vase of lotus flowers and other precious objects, the design divided by two panels enclosing pairs of birds perched amongst blossoming peony and prunus, all beneath bands of shou characters and key fret, 42.4cm.