TWO RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CHAMBER-POTS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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TWO RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' CHAMBER-POTS
early 19th century
One enamelled at the centre of the interior with a gentleman with hands thrown up and a speech bubble issuing from his mouth enclosing the words 'My Chops water' (sic), the other with a boy looking through a magnifying glass, both typically decorated on the exterior with figures at leisure on terraces below a band of flowers and butterflies
11in. (28cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. the chamber pot and cover from the B. and S.D. Levy Collection, with a similar scene to the first chamber pot in the above lot, depicting in the interior a seated man throwing up his hands with 'Good God what do I see?' in a speech bubble, illustrated by F. et N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, op.cit., p.181, fig.7.116; and ibid., fig.7.117 for another chamber pot with interior scene from the Fondation Espirito Santo, Lisbon

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