Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Southern China / Collector: Alfreda Murck - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-23393, no description available.

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

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