Spittoon of the zhadou type, with a wide, dish-shaped flaring mouth over a globular body resting on a small ring foot. It is covered with a monochrome powdered blue glaze, with some gilt highlights.
Spittoon of the zhadou type, with a wide, dish-shaped flaring mouth over a globular body resting on a small ring foot. It is covered with a monochrome powdered blue glaze, with some gilt highlights.
Zhadou were common in the refined interiors of imperial China, used to collect expectorations or as receptacles for light waste
This blue ground is referred to in Chinese as “chuiqing” or “blown blue”, in French as “bleu poudré” or “bleu soufflé” and in English as “powder blue”.