Blue-glazed spittle pot

[Green glazed spittle pot]

Green glazed spittle pot, Eastern Jin Dynasty, 14 cm high, 10 cm caliber, 8.5 cm bottom diameter
The spit pot has a short neck, a hanging belly and a flat bottom. The inside and outside are covered with blue glaze, and there are burning marks at the bottom
The spittle pot, also known as “spittle bowl”, “scum bucket”, and “spittle implement”, is a container for ancient nobles to hold spit fish bones or animal bones during feasts. On the bottom of the lacquered spit utensil unearthed from the tomb of Ruyin Marquis in the Western Han Dynasty in Shuanggudui, Fuyang, Anhui Province, are the inscriptions such as “the vulva spit utensil was manufactured by Kuxin for six years”. Porcelain spittle pots began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and became popular during the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties. During the period from the Three Kingdoms to the Western Jin Dynasty, most of the shapes were curly mouth, flat belly and high circle feet. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it gradually became coiled mouth, drooping shoulder, round belly, flat bottom or false circle foot.

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