A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'BUDAI HE SHANG' OVOID VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted to one side with the Laughing Buddha clutching a sack as he sits upon an elephant, the setting filled with many precious objects and antiques, with a bird perched in front of a large fan decorated with blossoms to one side, the reverse with a panel enclosing a figural scene, together with a wood stand and an openwork wood cover, 20.4cm high. (3)

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.