A very rare and unusual vase in the form of  a hand holding a cornucopia aloft simulating the "Horn of Plenty", the huge horn of Achelous heaped high with the rich and glowing fruits and flowers of autumn, here a foliate edged lotus blossom .  In the Greek story the Goddess of Plenty, and all the Wood-Nymphs and Water-Nymphs wreathed it with vines and with clustering grapes, and bearing it aloft presented it to Hercules and his beautiful bride Deianira. Also the fabulous horn of the goat Amalthaea which suckled Zeus represented as overflowing with flowers and fruit symbolizing plenty.

The vase is decorated in the famille verte palette with foliate bifurcated tailed qilong amidst multiple flower blooms on a pale green ground. The hand is painted with a pale aubergine tone and the sleeve cuff with scrolling lotus tendrils and blossoms on a black ground. The bi formed base is glazed in the center with an impressed zhuanshu seal mark of Kangxi.
清代 Qing Dynasty, 光緒 Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Height:  14 1/2" (36.8cm)
Condition:  Excellent other than a chip and associated glaze fracture at base.
Please refer to item #FV-218 when inquiring.