Object class: Containers (receptacles) / Donor: Alfreda Murck / Materials: Porcelain (material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 9-23597, described as Object Name: Bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: Great leap Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior decorated in red with repeated motifs of a horse galloping over cotton balls. The house carries a stylized bundle of wheat; the character “abundant” (丰feng) is on the saddle blanket. The horse alternates with a cluster of symbols of worker, peasant, soldier alliance above which is an inscription reading: Communism is good (社会主义好 shehui zhuyi hao); the interior embossed with two characters. Inscription: Red circular kiln mark on foot: “Product of Zi River porcelain factory, Yiyang” (益陽資江瓷厂出品 Yiyang Zijiang cichang chupin) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province Condition: Good with some wear Acquisition Data:

Hearst Museum object titled Noodle bowl, accession number 9-23592, described as Object Name: Noodle bowl Materials: Glazed Stoneware Diameter at rim: 17.5 cm Date: Mao era Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The celadon-glazed bowl features molded relief decorations of sunflowers and wheat. The glaze is a deep green similar to the wares of the Yaozhou kilns. Inscription: No kiln mark. Place of Origin: Perhaps Yaozhou耀州窯kiln in Hengbao Township north or Xi’an, Shaanxi province Condition: Major repair on the rim Acquisition Data: Baoguosi, 500 RMB, ca. 2010.

Hearst Museum object titled Train mug, accession number 9-23523, described as The front is Spray-painted stencil in red Directives from Mao. The back has red spray-painted symbol of Chinese Railway System flanked by three horizontal lines. Below are three characters roughly translating to: Railroad section near Zhangjiakou (张车段 Zhang che duan). Blue bowstring around rim. Inscription: “Highest Directives: Grasp revolution, Promote Production” (最高指示抓革命，促生产。 zuigao zhishi zhua geming, cu shengchan.); red square kiln mark on foot “Xuanhua, China” (中國宣化 Zhongguo Xuanhua)

Hearst Museum object titled Train mug without handle, accession number 9-23521, described as The celadon-glazed mug features a relief decoration of the symbol of Chinese Railway system.