A Chinese blue and white 'phoenix tail' vase, Kangxi, the body painted around the exterior with a continuous scene depicting a seated dignitary receiving an official, flanked by attendants and soldiers and set in an open pavilion, with plantain trees to the reverse, the flared neck with a dignitary beside a crane with two attendants, the reverse painted with pine tree and a large rock, base of foot with double underglaze blue circle, 44.6cm high Provenance: Sold by order of executors form a country house in West Sussex 清康熙 青花人物故事图凤尾尊拍品来源：英国西萨赛克斯郡私人大宅收藏品相报告: the neck with hair crack measuring approximately 11cm longthree chips to rim measuring 5mmx 3mm, 1.1cm x 4mm, 8mm x 3mm and two smaller rim frits 5mmx 2.5mm and 3mm x 1mmglaze frit to edge of foot rim 7mmx 4mm and other very minor frits to foot rim edgeThe side of the vase with drill hole 5mm wide that does not go through to the inside (drilling must have been stopped half way through and then adapted as a lamp with top fittings) interiors rims dirty (where wooden circular lamp fitting was inserted)typical firing blemishes throughout