Object class: Porcelain (visual works) / Collection place: Shanghai municipality, Southern China / Collector: Alfreda Murck - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Porcelain (visual works) Collection place Shanghai municipality, Southern China Collector Alfreda Murck

Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23576, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.6 cm Date: 1966-1970 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Decorated with a decal of a radiating red sun above a bridge over water. Building are at the foot of a terraced hillside. The reverse is inscribed in green, all under a pale blue rim. The design probably refers “up to the hills, down to the countryside” (上山下乡 shangshan xiaxiang), a movement to send youth out of the cities. Inscription: Body: Construct [socialism] in mountain regions (建設山區 jianshe shanqu) Place of Origin: China Condition: Stains, crack with some repair Acquisition Data: Gift from Fudan University Prof. Wang Shuizhao and his wife who bought this dish set when they were married in 1966. When calling on Prof. Wang, I showed them the teapots I bought that day. Mrs. Wang retrieved two bowls from the kitchen sink, said that when they set up house, this was the least-political pattern of all the dish sets available. Shanghai, 2000-11