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A FAMILLE ROSE SPITTOON, ZHADOU The shape is also known as a cuspidor (from the Portuguese cuspir,
Yongzheng/Qianlong period, circa 1735-40 to spit). It is believed that it was introduced to Europe by the Dutch
Of lobed hexafoil form with everted lobed trumpet rim, brightly painted in the seventeenth century. The wide brimmed form first appeared in
to the mouth interior with six iron-red whorl-ground panels with floral China in the Tang dynasty. Sargent (2012) quotes the English physician
decoration and pendant jewels hanging to the center, the design Ellis Veryard (1657-1714) who wrote of his travels in Holland: “You
mirrored in the panels to the base of the neck and the shoulder of the had almost as good spit in a Dutch Woman’s face as on her floor, and
lobed globular body, above a running band of conjoined C-scrolls and therefore there are little Pots or Pans to spit in.”
half-flowerheads, a simple handle to one side, the base unglazed.
5 1/4in (13.5cm) across For another similar example, see Bonhams New York, The Richard and
Maxine Markell Collection, 19 October 2022, lot 78
$500 - 700
References: Sargent, (2012) Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics
雍正/乾隆時期 約1735-40年 粉彩花卉紋六稜帶把渣斗 from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, p.
263; Howard, 1994, p. 228, no. 269, a blue and white spittoon of
Published: similar shape from the wreck of the Geldermalsen, sunk 1752; Lange,
Cohen & Cohen, A Game of Bowls, Gent, 2014, p. 48, no. 37 2005, p. 155, a similar example.
出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《A Game of Bowls》，根特，2014
年，頁48，圖版編號37

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