An underglaze blue and polychrome enameled vase


Republic periodMolded with a cupped rim to the waisted neck and a body of elongated form with a flared foot, painted in shades of underglaze blue with an elephant and a deer standing amid fantastic beasts on a pale green enamel ground painted with black enamel waves and flower heads in raised white enamel on a colorless glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad. 19 3/8in (49.2cm) high