A blue and white heart-shaped spittoon
Kangxi
The shaped globular body supported on a short spreading foot and set with scroll handle, painted with four floral panels repeated on the widely flaring heart-shaped wavy rim (rim frittings, body crack to the neck)
8.8 cm. high
拍品专文
Spittoons were introduced as a Chinese Export form in circa 1700, when the chewing of tobacco became particularly popular.