Object class: Vessels for serving and consuming food / Collector: Alfreda Murck - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-23478, described as A colored decal of a man and a woman, each with an umbrella, walking in a picturesque landscape. Elements of Chinoiserie. On the reverse a smaller colored decal shows a man carrying a woman in a basket on his back. Red ring on the interior rim, red glaze completely covers the handle and around the foot.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-23627, described as Promotional teacups. The exterior of each is inscribed twice with the name of a company in blue, separated by a pink star within a crescent moon. Double green bowstring around rims.

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

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-23633, described as The two dark-green glazed cups are decorated with decals of a deep pink peony blossoms; gilded rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-23555a,b, described as Coffee cup and saucer with run-on words, spelling and punctuation errors, the advertising copy in gold script is printed on a diagonal around the cup and on the saucer: "High-Rich Fine porcelain is characterized by superb quality,…Each product is manufactured with great care.the cream-coloured egg-…porcelain guarantees uniformity in itsoutide It looksharmonious,elegant,…needs the power of artisitic conceptiom." A similar practice of arbitrary and inappropriate use of English occurred in Japan in the 1970s, especially on T-shirts and shopping bags. The practice is not unlike the occasional inclusion of Chinese characters in European Chinoiserie.

Hearst Museum object titled Cups, accession number 9-23499, described as Promotional teacups. The exterior of each is inscribed twice with the name of a company in blue, separated by a pink star within a crescent moon. Double green bowstring around rims. Inscription: In full-form characters: “Guohua Rubber Shoes” (國華膠皮鞋 Guohua jiao pixie).

Hearst Museum object titled Cups, accession number 9-23517, described as Both cups have a blue-glaze ground body with lobed reserve panels featuring a color decal of Sun Wukong in the act of beating the white-boned demon who is outside the frame. A faded imitation gold rim. Originally accompanied a teapot now in the collection of the British Museum (No. 327).

Hearst Museum object titled Glass mug, accession number 9-23845, described as Blue molded glass mug. The body is decorated with a female farmer holding a sickle, and a male worker holding a hammer, representing the unity of industrial and agricultural workers. Flanking the figures are radiating stars, a cog, and slogans surrounded by wheat tassels.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23935, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with the monument to the Heroes of the Revolution. The golden monument stands in Tiananmen Square above a sea of red flags. Splashes of blue pigment suggest a clear sky. On the right a red inscription reads: “Carry the Revolution through to the end” (将革命进行到底Jiang geming jinxing daodi). Black bowstring decorates the rim. Cf. same legend on mug 10 and enamel tray of closely similar design.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23936, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is decorated with the Red Book: Quotations from Mao, accompanied by a rifle and golden wheat tassel inside a brown cog, symbolizing the Worker-Farmer-Soldier Alliance. On the right there is a red inscription: Be united, alert, earnest and active (团结紧张严肃活泼Tuanjie jinzhang yansu huopo). Black bowstring decorates the rim.

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