Blue and white porcelain vase ‘Scene’, with Kangxi seal

Blue-and-white underglaze glazed porcelain. It has a circular base and a balustraded profile that ends in an elongated trumpet-shaped neck. It is decorated with lobed cartouches containing small scenes of characters in traditional costume, mostly riding horses, in a garden with large trees and traditional architecture. On the base is a seal inscribed in a double circle ‘大清康熙年制’. 

Height: 18.5 cm; Mouth diameter: 4 cm; Base diameter: 5 cm