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Start Over Object class Porcelain (visual works) Collector Alfreda Murck
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23586, described as Object Name: Rice Bowl Materials: Glazed Porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.8 cm Date: 1980s revival of 1950s? Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Decorated with a decal transfer of a purple landscape. The reverse is inscribed. A gold bowstring around the foot. Inscription: Body: The beautiful scenery of Motherland (祖国风光 zuguo fengguang); kiln mark on foot: “Product 25 of Red Flag porcelain factory, Jingdezhen” (景德镇红旗瓷厂出品 Jingdezhen Hongqi cichang chu 25 pin). Place of Origin: China Condition: Wear and crack Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price? Date: 2002-01-26.
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23572, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed Porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.9 cm Date: 1967-69 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Decorated with a blue decal painted green in spots featuring factories and a ship. A double blue bowstring surrounds the rim. Inscription: No inscription or kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Good. Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23575, described as Object Name: Shallow rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.3 cm Date: 1950s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The heavy body hand painted with two men resting beneath bamboo trees and rocks. The reverse has decal of wheat shafts encircling two characters. Inscription: On back: New elegance (新雅 xin ya). On foot, kiln mark in full-form characters reads: Product 33 of Qinxiangxing porcelain factory, decoration [or, tax stamp?] by Kangyuan factory, Shanghai (上海康元廠印花秦祥興瓷號出品 Shanghai Kangyuanchang yinhua Qinxiangxing cihao chupin 33) Place of Origin: Shanghai Condition: Smoky stains may be sign of misfiring or re-firing Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price: 40 RMB. Date: 2003-06-14.
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23579, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12 cm Date: 1966-76 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The body is stamped with three identical scene of two men reading a book. They float above pine branches that represent the enduring quality of Mao’s thought. The original design had the two figures encircled in a pink line that culminates in a radiating star over their heads. Each scene is separated by a printed slogan: Read Chairman Mao’s books (读毛主席的书 du Mao zhuxi de shu); Listen to Chairman Mao’s words (听毛主席的话 ting Mao zhuxi de hua); In work follow Chairman Mao’s directives (照毛主席的指示办事 zhao Mao zhuxi de zhishi banshi). The motifs are printed between a double blue bowstring at rim and a blue line around stomach. Inscription: No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Very good. The glaze was underfired such that what is should be green is brown in some places, and the red halo is fully visible in only 1 of the 3 motifs. Acquisition Data: Geng Man 耿曼, Guwancheng. Price? Date: 2003-09-17.
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
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23589, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.5 cm Date: early 20th century Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The tan crackled-glazed bowl is decorated on the exterior with fragments of calligraphy, rubbings, book leaves, fan and handscroll paintings, and titled “The pleasure of rare treasures” (奇珍快意圖 qizhen kuaiyi tu); three blossoms are painted on the interior. Inscription: No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Minor chips on foot Acquisition Data: Beijing, Liulichang west. 2002-2008.
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23577, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12 cm Date: 1966-1970 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Décor is a combination of stamps (a bus, a factory) and hand painting (the trees, green countryside). The reverse is inscribed. A blue bowstring at rim. Inscription: Body: The countryside is a vast world, where much can be accomplished (农村是一个广阔的天地, 在那里是可以大有作为的 nongcun shi yige guangkuo de tiandi, zai nail shi keyi dayou zuowei de) Place of Origin: Beijing? Condition: Good Acquisition Data: Gift from Susan Naquin, 2009
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23593, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.9 cm Date: 1960s-early 70s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior decorated with a red decal of a boy and a girl collecting wheat under a radiating sun alternating with an stylized image of a wheat bundle with the slogan “Increase productivity and economize” (增产节约 zengchan jieyue). Inscription: Red circular kiln mark “Great China” (大华 da hua) Place of Origin: probably Beijing Condition: Chips and cracks Acquisition Data: Beijing, 2002-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23584, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 11.5 cm Date: 1950s or 60s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features a band of stamped-on repeating motifs showing blossoms, each separated by hexagonal pattern; the interior decorated with repeating goldfish motifs, alternating with watergrass. Inscription: Square kiln mark on foot: “Product no. 2, New Life porcelain factory, Liling” (醴陵新生瓷厂出品 Liling xinsheng cicang chupin 2). Place of Origin: Liling, Hunan Province Condition: Good, some stains, uneven printing of décor Acquisition Data: Beijing 2003-2010
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23578, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12 cm Date: Early 1960s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Blue-and-white decoration featuring a woman driving a tractor on farmland, a radiating sun on the horizon, all framed with abundant harvests and printed above: People’s Communes are good (人民公社好 renmin gongshe hao). A blue bowstring surrounds rim. Inscription: No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Chips and wear Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price? Date: 2002-03-30.

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