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Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23953a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is decorated with a transferred decal of a blue bus rushing forward in a street lined with trees. The top of a modern building appears in the background. The top of the mug and the edge of the lid are sprayed with sky blue pigment. A blue bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 70

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23921a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The top edge is sprayed pink and stenciled with an inscription: “Long live the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” (无产阶级文化大革命万岁 Wuchan jieji wenhua da geming wansui). The lower part features a band of pine cones and pine needles, which symbolize longevity, in this context, the long life of the Cultural Revolution. A black bowstring decorates the rim. Green is sprayed on the edge of the lid. Acquisition Data: Beijing. Lent to Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, June-Dec. 2017, for exhibition “The Way of Tea.”

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23898a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The front features a green stencil of a rifle against leaves. The red slogan above reads: “Resist America; support Korea. Guard home, defend the country” (抗美援朝保家衛國Kang Mei yuan Chao baojia weiguo). On the back a red inscription indicates that the mug was a gift to People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, here referred as “the most endearing people” (最可愛的人Zui keai de ren). At the top of the mug a register of doves fly in a blue sky. The nine-character inscription at the bottom notes the occasion: A committee of Chinese People’s Representatives visit Korea [to express] sympathy (中國人民赴朝慰問団 Zhongguo renmin fu Chao weiwentuan). Note that all but one character is in full-form script. Cobalt blue decorates the rim and handle. The edge of the lid is sprayed with sky blue pigment. Acquisition Data: Baoguosi. About 80 RMB Lent to Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, June-Dec. 2017, for exhibition “The Way of Tea.”

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23913a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The yellow ground is stenciled with a night scene of people gathering in lakeside pavilions. A grey blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle and finial are partially decorated in the same color. Orange pigments are sprayed on the rim of the lid. 100 RMB

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23906a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with a red inscription arranged in three lines. The top line, consisting of two characters “gifting to” (贈给zenggei), is inserted with a dove in the middle. The rest of the two lines states that it was specially made in commemoration of “the hardworking labors for the cause of constructing motherland” by State-operated 211 Factory in 7th November, 1957. Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle is partially decorated in the same color. RMB 100

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23934a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with an image of a torch flanked on each side by an inscription: A single spark can start a prairie fire (星星之火可以燎原 Xingxing zhi huo keyi liaoyuan), a quotation from Mao Zedong. The light of given off by the torch is represented by a flourish of yellow and orange pigment. Brown bowstring decorates the rim. Pink decorates the rim of the lid.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23892a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground features a red five-pointed star and a red inscription saying “Commemoration for 1951 National Day” (一九五一年國慶紀念 yi jiu wu yi nian Guoqing ji’nian). The rim is decorated with a dark blue bowstring; the handle is partially painted in the same color. The lid is a replacement by the vendor Ms. Zheng. Acquisition Data: Zheng Haisheng, Baoguosi, Beijing, with Eliza King. RMB 300. 2010-09-02.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23961a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with two red peonies against a sprayed sky blue background featuring an openwork lozenge reserved in white. Blue bowstring decorates the rim. The edge of the lid is sprayed on with sky blue pigment.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23950a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with a cobalt blue submarine above waves, framed by red inscriptions: (Commemorating) China People’s Liberation Army, Navy, Submarine 070 (中国人民解放军海军潜水艇…念 070 Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun haijun qianshuiting… nian). Blue bowstring decorates the rim. The lid is stenciled in red with numbers: 070. RMB 100

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23941a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. Silhouettes of red flags are stenciled around the bottom third of the white mug. An inscription in black indicates that the mug was made as a memorial gift for the Kunming office of “Kun 901 troops”, made 17 October 1969 (昆字九0一部队驻昆办事处一九六九.十.十七制). The red inscription above reads: Be united to strive for greater victories (团结起来争取更大的胜利。Tuanjie qilai zhengqu gengda de shengli). A red line encircles the rim which has a black bowstring. RMB 45