A RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE SATIRICAL CHAMBER-POT AND COVER 19th...
A RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE SATIRICAL CHAMBER-POT AND COVER
19th century
The interior enamelled at the centre with a bust-length portrait of a gentleman inscribed 'My Chops Water', the exterior and cover typically decorated with figures at leisure in a garden setting encircled by bands of flowers and butterflies.
28cm (11in) wide (2).
十九世紀 廣彩人物故事圖夜壺
A similar chamber pot from the Espirito Santo Foundation, Lisbon is illustrated in M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, cat. no. 86. Another chamber pot with a 'My Chops water' speech bubble was sold at Christie's, London, 13 May 1996, lot 208.
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A RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE SATIRICAL CHAMBER-POT AND COVER
19th century
The interior enamelled at the centre with a bust-length portrait of a gentleman inscribed 'My Chops Water', the exterior and cover typically decorated with figures at leisure in a garden setting encircled by bands of flowers and butterflies.
28cm (11in) wide (2).
十九世紀 廣彩人物故事圖夜壺
A similar chamber pot from the Espirito Santo Foundation, Lisbon is illustrated in M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, cat. no. 86. Another chamber pot with a 'My Chops water' speech bubble was sold at Christie's, London, 13 May 1996, lot 208.
