For sale: A collectible chamber pot

Power of marketing: A screen grab showing the Chinese chamber pot or spittoon being marketed as ‘antique fruit basket’ on Amazon.

IT was a sale that had the Chinese laughing with amusement last week – chamber pots sold as an antique fruit basket on Amazon.

The enamel item – a portable potty or spittoon – is priced at between US$40 (RM160) and US$62 (RM245) on the e-commerce platform.