A FAMILLE ROSE SPITTOON, ZHADOU Yongzheng/Qianlong circa 1735-40 Of lobed hexafoil form with everted lobed trumpet rim, brightly painted to the mouth interior with six iron-red whorl-ground panels with floral decoration and pendant jewels hanging to the center, the design mirrored in the panels to the base of the neck and the shoulder of the lobed globular body, above a running band of conjoined c scrolls and half-flowerheads, a simple handle to one side, the base unglazed. 5 1/4in (13.5cm) across Footnotes: 雍正/乾隆時期 約1735-40年 粉彩花卉紋六稜帶把渣斗 Published Cohen & Cohen, A Game of Bowls, Gent, 2014, p. 48, no. 37 出版： 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《A Game of Bowls》，根特，2014年，頁48，圖版編號37 The shape is also known as a cuspidor (from the Portuguese cuspir, to spit). It is believed that it was introduced to Europe by the Dutch in the seventeenth century. The wide brimmed form first appeared in China in the Tang dynasty. Sargent (2012) quotes the English physician Ellis Veryard (1657-1714) who wrote of his travels in Holland: 'You had almost as good spit in a Dutch Woman's face as on her floor, and therefore there are little Pots or Pans to spit in.' For another similar example, see Bonhams New York, The Richard and Maxine Markell Collection, 19 October 2022, lot 78. References: Sargent, (2012) Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, p. 263; Howard, 1994, p. 228, no. 269, a blue and white spittoon of similar shape from the wreck of the Geldermalsen, sunk 1752; Lange, 2005, p. 155, a similar example. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Without reserve