Spittoon with dish-shaped mouth

Historical documents describe the tuohu as a spittoon used by poets composing verse after consuming wine. While unglazed and lead-glazed types appear in the Han, celadon spittoons were prevalent in the south during the Six Dynasties. From both spittoons found in tombs and from their depiction in frescoes, scholars have ascertained that ceramic spittoons were commonly used, providing substantial evidence of polychrome glazed examples from the sites of ruins and tombs (WW 1986.6: 79; WWZLCK 1982.6: pl. 6).