Object name: Bowl / Donor: Alfreda Murck / Culture or time period: East Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23624, described as The grey-ground glaze is decorated in cobalt blue with a dove on a globe, flanked by three five-star flags. An inscription on reverse. A double blue bowstring surrounds rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23596, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16.2 cm Date: early 1950s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior decorated with flower blossoms and four characters in faded black: “Resist America, Support Korea” (抗美援朝 kang mei yuan chao). Each character is enclosed in a red circle. Inscription: Red circular kiln mark on foot: “Product of the ceramic painting committee of porcelain factory in Pingxiang, Jiangxi” (江西萍鄉瓷廠陶畫組出品 Jiangxi Pingxiang cichang taohuazu chupin) Place of Origin: Jiangxi Province Condition: chips on the rim, wear to the decoration Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan Date: 2001

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23595, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: 1933 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior is painted with bird and peonies. The reverse is inscribed. The gilded rim is worn. Inscription: Reverse: “Floral fragrance and birds’ songs also have feeling. Autumn month of the kuichou year [1933] at Zhu mountain [2 illegible characters] Yi xin ? made” (花香鳥語亦多情句癸酉之秋月於珠山，□□義新森作huaxiang niaoyu yi duoqing ju, guiyou zhi qiuyue yu Zhushan, XX Yi xinsen zuo), an illegible red mark. Red square maker’s mark on foot: 景鎮范義新Jing zhen Fan Yi xin xx. Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. Condition: Extensive damage on foot rim, major chips and cracks on rim, wear. Acquisition Data: Shenyang suburbs. About 80 RMB. Date: 2012-06

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23608, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 15.5 cm Date: 1967 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: A ship sailing on the sea with blue waves underneath and a glittering red sun on the horizon. Both are references to the leadership of Mao. Inscription: A decal in red states, “Sailing the high seas depends on the helmsman” (大海航行靠舵手dahai hangxing kao duoshou). Kiln mark unclear. Place of Origin: China Condition: Good. Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23606, described as Entry: No. CB68 Object Name: Bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16.5 cm Date: Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features a decal of red lanterns and flower blossoms, next to an inscription in li script. Inscription: Body: Revolution and Production – Double Triumph (革命生产双胜利 geming shengchan shuang shengli). No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Wear on the surface Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23623, described as On the body of the bowl decals show four children playing Ping-Pong or cycling. Figures are separated by red patterns imitating seals, within which there are seal script characters reading: “Exercise the body” (鍛煉身体Duanlian shenti)

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23600, described as Object Name: Bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16.3 cm Date: Great Leap 1959-1961 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior decorated with repeated abstracted images of cotton balls (?), and two characters meaning Provident Harvest (丰收 fengshou) enclosed in floral motifs. Inscription: Red circular kiln mark “Great China” (大华 da hua) Place of Origin: probably Beijing Condition: Good, Signs of wear Acquisition Data: Baoguosi 报国寺 Price: 60 RMB. Date: 2002-03-07.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23860, described as Enamel shallow bowl. The yellow-ground shallow bowl is decorated with abstract red and orange pattern on the interior rim, and a blue bowstring to the rim. Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan Furniture Building, 2nd Floor Beijing. 20 RMB. 2011-11-12.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23616, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: 1968 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The body is decorated with CCP’s symbol in a five-pointed star; on its left is a slogan above a scene of factory buildings with chimneys. The slogan reads: “Make it your principle to fight selfishness, denounce Revisionism” (以斗私、批修为綱 yi dousi、pixiu wei gang). On the right there is a stylized wheat pattern above a slogan reading: “Grasp revolution, Promote production” (抓革命促生产zhua geming cu shengchan). Contents in Quotation from Mao Zedong framed by a wheat garland, concluding with: “Carry the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution through to the end” (要把无产阶级文化大革命进行到底 yao ba wuchan jieji wenhua dageming jinxing daodi). Inscription: Kiln mark: “Zi River porcelain factory, Hunan 1968” (湖南資江瓷厂Hunan Zijiang cichang 1968) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province. Condition: A crack on the interior, signs of wear. Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23613, described as Description: Three books－the Three Constantly Read Articles, against the background of sunflowers and green leaves. Bowl string on the rim and base, color imitating gold.