LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Pots of this type are known as 'carriage pots' or what was referred to in the Dutch East India Company records as a 'piss pot'. A pot of this type, but with three lion-form handles on the shoulder and an animal-form handle spanning the top, from the Hatcher Cargo, is illustrated by M. Butler et al., Treasures from an Unknown Reign, Shunzhi Porcelain, 1644-1661, Honolulu Academy of Art, 2002, p. 89, no. 3, and in a photograph of part of the Hatcher Cargo, p. 86.