Object class: Mugs (cups) / Culture or time period: East Asian cultures / Accession number: Acc.4796 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23490, described as Hand-potted. Hand-painted decal of two figures, one sitting and one standing, under tall bamboos; stacked rocks to left side. Inscription: Jade bamboo in the forest (林中玉竹Lin zhong yuzhu). Kiln mark: “Product 1 of No. five ceramic art production cooperative, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province” (江西省景市第五瓷器工兿生產合作社出品Jiangxi sheng jing shi di wu ciqi gongyi shengchan hezuoshe chupin 1)

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23476, described as Hand potted. A hand-painted slanted label reads: transmitting wealth and status to the world (傳世富貴 chuanshi fugui). It overlaps two drawing of rubbings of Han dynasty tiles. To the left is written in two vertical lines: “Inscriptions from Qin and Han dynasty tiles” (秦漢瓦甎銘文 Qin Han wazhuan mingwen).

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23475, described as Hand-painted decoration. The color scheme is like other late-Qing to early-Republican ceramics (CF. British Museum teapot nos. 17 and 74). In a garden, two ladies sit on either side of a table. Both wear traditional hair-style and robes. Banana leaves in the garden signal relationships (xiangjiao 香蕉 a pun on 相交, which like “intercourse” can imply social and/or sexual relations) combined with the sleeve held to chin (opera gesture for intense emotion) suggest that this is a romantic tryst.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23516, described as The red-ground body is set with an oval reserve featuring a color decal of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, vigorously beating the white-boned demon (a reference not only to the popular novel Journey to the West, but also to the demise of Madam Mao).

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23492, described as Hand-potted. Hand painted landscape with a figure sitting on a riverbank looking out to two sail boats on the river. Four poorly written characters on back. Inscription: “Prosperous, …?” (繁荣?? fanrong ?) Kiln mark: “Product of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi” (江西景德镇出品Jiangxi Jingdezhen chupin)

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23536, described as A colored decal displays missiles and the three branches of the military, with 8-1 on a red banner (八一bayi, i.e., August 1st, the anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Liberation Army). The back has a bold printed inscription. Gold bowstring around rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23537, described as Color decal of the white Dagoba in Beihai park, Beijing. Two figures, dwarfed by the Buddhist monument, stand in the foreground.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23474, described as Hand potted with handle of twisted strands of clay. Hand-painted bird and flower image. A red bird rests on a twig that reaches out from a cluster of flowers.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23495, described as The front is decorated with a hand-painted decal of seated male red guard studying a red book near a farmland under a red sun. The reverse is inscribed with a quotation from Mao’s works. The mugs that were made in Qimen have a distinctive pattern of fine horizontal striations. Inscription: Inscription concludes with: “Serving the people of China heart and mind” (全心全意地为中国人民服务 quanxin quanyi di wei Zhongguo renmin fuwu); foot: 安徽祁門六八出品Anhui Qimen liu ba chupin