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If you thought the “1960s Chinese traditional fruit basket” selling for C$68.45 (S$72) on Amazon did not look appropriate (trông không hợp) for the dinner table (bàn ăn), you would be right.

The item on sale is in fact a chamber pot, or a spittoon (ống nhổ), commonly used in Chinese households as a mobile toilet (vệ sinh di động) for people to defecate (ị, ỉa) or spit (khạc, nhổ) into. And it is being sold on the US-based online shopping platform for more than 10 times its normal price in China.

Similar spittoons are selling on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao for just 28 yuan (S$5.70).

The enamel (tráng men, phủ men) product adorned with a pair of mandarin ducks and the Chinese words symbolising "double happiness" (song hỉ) in red was advertised on Amazon as being a Chinese antique (đồ cổ, nghệ thuật cổ) with a wide range of uses, from being a vegetable and fruit holder to an ice bucket, or a decorative (để trang hoàng, để trang trí) display stand.

It was also recommended as a good gift for housewarmings and weddings, with photos showing it being used to store French loaves, as well as to hold a bottle of wine in ice, placed classily beside a champagne glass on a wooden table.

The listing described the item as an antique Chinese fruit basket with "beautiful colours and patterns" that represent "traditional Chinese culture" and "symbolise the happiness of life". Its "large storage space can store any fruit", it added.

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