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Start Over Object class Porcelain (visual works) Collector Alfreda Murck
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23557, described as Small glazed porcelain rice bowl. Likely a post 1980 revival of the Establishing the Nation kiln name. The Jianguo (Establishing Nation) kiln had made porcelain dinner sets for the new PRC government in the early 1950s. On the front two men (perhaps done with rubber stamps and hand colored) sit on hand-painted grass next to two clumps of bamboo and a rock all of which was hand-painted and colored with enamels; the back is inscribed. Gilded rim and gold bowstring around foot. Inscription: On back the meaning of brush written inscription with one simplified character is unclear (叶象三多 ye xiang san duo). Round red kiln mark on foot: “Establishing the Nation Ceramic Factory product 9 Jiangxi” (建國瓷廠 江西出品9 Jianguo cichang, Jiangxi chupin 9). Seal legend has full-form characters (so presumably pre-1956 introduction of simplified characters), but cutting of characters is not as precise as 1950s.
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23585, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.6 cm Date: 1950s? Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Decorated with red printed (rubber stamp?) full-form characters in red fret roundels that alternate with green peonies. The characters read: Protect home and nation (保家衛國 baojia weiguo). A red line around the rim intersects the roundel of the “nation” character. Inscription: None. Place of Origin: China Condition: Very good. Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23580, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.5 cm Date: post-Cultural Revolution? Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The front is decorated with two figures in bamboo grove in a combination of stamps and hand painting. The reverse is inscribed with four characters. Gold bowstrings around foot and rim. Inscription: Body: Bamboo shadows, light breeze (竹影清风 zhu ying qing feng); Kiln mark on foot has poor calligraphy (as if someone was copying characters that they were not sure of): “Famous porcelain 8 of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi” (江西景德镇名瓷 Jiangxi Jingdezhen mingci 8) Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province Condition: Good, some wear on the painting. Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price? Date: 2002-05-12.
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23581, described as Entry: No. CB33 Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.5 cm Date: 1968 - 1976 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features light-radiating books by Mao and the inscription “Serve the people” (为人民服务 wei renmin fuwu) in red. The three often read articles are poised in front of a rising sun and above shafts of wheat. The inscription: “Actively study and use Chairman Mao’s works” (活学活用毛主席著作 huoxue huoyong Mao zhuxi zhuzuo) in purple. The motifs are repeated on the reverse. The interior is embossed with bird and flower motif. Inscription: Circular red kiln mark on foot: “Zi River porcelain factory of Hunan 1968” (湖南资江瓷厂 Hunan zijiang cichang 1968) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province Condition: Very good with some minor wear Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23582, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.5 cm Date: Cultural Revolution Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features light-radiating books by Mao and the inscription “Serve the people” (为人民服务 wei renmin fuwu) in red. The three often read articles are poised in front of a rising sun and above shafts of wheat. The inscription: “Actively study and use Chairman Mao’s works” (活学活用毛主席著作 huoxue huoyong Mao zhuxi zhuzuo) in purple. The motifs are repeated on the reverse. The interior is embossed with the character 坤 kun. Inscription: Circular red kiln mark on foot: “Zi River porcelain factory of Hunan 1968” (湖南资江瓷厂 Hunan zijiang cichang 1968) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province Condition: Very good Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003. Price: 30 rmb. Date: 2003-2-15
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23574, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.1 cm Date: 1967-69 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Decorated with transfer of two figures with their backs to viewer working on a farm plot at dawn. The deep-pink sun radiates light. The green trees are hand painted. The reverse is inscribed. Double bow string around rim. Inscription: Body: Plant fields for the Revolution (为革命种田wei geming zhongtian) Place of Origin: China Condition: chip on the rim Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23571, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed Porcelain Diameter at rim: 12 cm Date: 1950s? Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Blue-on-white printed decoration of two men fishing from a boat in watery landscape; wild geese ascending, with an inscription. Inscription: On exterior printed in full-form characters: Picture of falcons flying across, fishing for the moon on autumn river (秋江釣月鹰横飛圖 Qiujiang diaoyue ying hengfei tu) and the character for bamboo (竹zhu) in small seal script inside a circle. Blue square kiln mark on foot: “Product of Jiangxi” (江西出品 Jiangxi chupin) Place of Origin: Jiangxi Province Condition: Good. Acquisition Data: Suzhou. Price? Date: 2003-01-21
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23573, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.1 cm Date: 1966-72 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Decorated with a colored decal of a deep pink sunflower flanked by dancing man and woman. Above is an inscription “The Revolutionary Committee is good” (革命委员会好 geming weiyuanhui hao). A blue bowstring at the rim. Inscription: no kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Good Acquisition Data: Tianjin. Price: 15 RMB. Date: 2002-09-12
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23570, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed Porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.2 cm Date: Mao era, probably early 1960s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The front features a blue decal of a woman holding large stalks of wheat flanked by four printed characters in red: “Joyfully reporting a bumper harvest” (xi喜, bao报, feng丰, shou收). Each character is set within double circles; an inscription is on the reverse. Double bowstring in blue around rim. Inscription: Body: “Take self-initiative to ensure ample clothing and sufficient food” (自己动手丰衣足食 ziji dongshou fengyi zushi). No seal. Place of Origin: China Condition: Small chips on the rim. Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23564, described as Glazed porcelain rice bowl. The exterior is decorated with a colored decal of a pink radiating red sun above a large green bridge that appears to be the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (南京长江大桥Nanjing changjiang daqiao). After Soviet engineers left China in the early 1960s, Chinese engineers heroically finished the bridge on their own, which makes the slogan appropriate. It opened on 1 October 1968. Blue factories are in the background. The back is printed with a four-character slogan. Blue bowstring around rim. The interior embossed with family name 刘 liu.

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