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).
Footnotes:
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.

General signs of rub and wear and minor firing imperfections. Losses to the gilt and the enamels.
chip restored to the mouth rim with associated long hairline going from the mouth rim across the base, approx. 25cm long.
Chips to the handle.