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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23617, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 17.3 cm Date: 1968 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Two alternating decals, each appearing twice, with touches of hand applied color. One portrays in red two men and one woman in front of a luminous setting, reading presumably, Mao Zedong’s thought. A slogan, reading: Revolution depends on Mao Zedong Thought (干革命靠毛泽东思想 gan geming kao Mao Zedong sixiang), appears in the front with a yellow sunflower on each side. The other pattern portrays a purple steamboat on a blue sea amid waves. Above there is a slogan in purple that reads: “Sailing on the high seas depends on the helmsman” (大海航行靠舵手dahai hangxing kao duoshou). Inscription: Kiln mark: “Zi River porcelain factory, Hunan 1968” (湖南資江瓷厂1968 Hunan Zijiang cichang 1968) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province. Condition: Good, with signs of wear. Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23614, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: 1967 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Exterior has register of two alternating patterns. One decal in red shows a woman driving a tractor that has a red flag and a slogan reading: Support Industry (支援工业zhiyuan gongyi). The tractor carries a full load. The other pattern in green shows a sunflower. Interior has red fish alternating with green water grass. Inscription: Kiln mark: “Zi River porcelain factory, Hunan, 1967” (湖南资江瓷厂Hunan Zijiang cichang 1967). Two characters are embossed in the bowl’s interior: “兆仙zhao xian” Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province. Condition: Signs of wear Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price? Date: 2003-02-15

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23606, described as Entry: No. CB68 Object Name: Bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16.5 cm Date: Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features a decal of red lanterns and flower blossoms, next to an inscription in li script. Inscription: Body: Revolution and Production – Double Triumph (革命生产双胜利 geming shengchan shuang shengli). No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Wear on the surface Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23604, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16.2 cm Date: 1960s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features image of red lantern and balloon accompanying a banner reading “The Revolutionary Committee is good” (革命委員會好 geming weiyuanhui hao). Next to it is a decal of the same inscription in black running script. The motifs are repeated on the reverse side. The interior is decorated with an encircled radiating red star. Inscription: Body: “The Revolutionary Committee is good”(革命委員會好 geming weiyuanhui hao); red kiln mark on foot: “Product 8, Nanjing” (南京出品 Nanjing chupin 8) Place of Origin: Nanjing Condition: Good, Signs of wear Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23603, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: Great Leap era Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior is decorated with alternating red and green stamped on motifs. A farm commune with tractor working a field is framed with green flowers and cumulus clouds. Above in red-outlined characters is the slogan “People’s Commune is good” (人民公社好 renmin gongshe hao). A bouquet of farm crops – wheat, sorghum, corn, cotton – is graced with the character “abundant” (丰 feng). Inscription: Red circular kiln’s mark on foot, “Product of Zi River ceramic factory, Yiyang” (益陽資江瓷厂出品 Yiyang zijiang cichang chupin) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province Condition: Good, Signs of wear Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price? Date of acquisition: 2003-02-15.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23613, described as Description: Three books－the Three Constantly Read Articles, against the background of sunflowers and green leaves. Bowl string on the rim and base, color imitating gold.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23596, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16.2 cm Date: early 1950s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior decorated with flower blossoms and four characters in faded black: “Resist America, Support Korea” (抗美援朝 kang mei yuan chao). Each character is enclosed in a red circle. Inscription: Red circular kiln mark on foot: “Product of the ceramic painting committee of porcelain factory in Pingxiang, Jiangxi” (江西萍鄉瓷廠陶畫組出品 Jiangxi Pingxiang cichang taohuazu chupin) Place of Origin: Jiangxi Province Condition: chips on the rim, wear to the decoration Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan Date: 2001

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23605, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 15.5 cm Date: late 1950s-1960s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior features four bold characters admonishing “Be industrious and thrifty in managing household” (勤儉持家 qinjian chijia). Characters are outlined in red and set between a decorative band of red and green patterns and flowers around the rim and, below, a red bowstring. Inscription: An unreadable red circular factory kiln mark on foot. Almost identical bowl CB67 has seal “Product of Nantong Ceramic Factory, Jiangsu” (江苏南通瓷厂出品 Jiangsu Nantong cichang chupin). Place of Origin: China, probably Nantong, Jiangsu Province Condition: Good. Signs of wear Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23616, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: 1968 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The body is decorated with CCP’s symbol in a five-pointed star; on its left is a slogan above a scene of factory buildings with chimneys. The slogan reads: “Make it your principle to fight selfishness, denounce Revisionism” (以斗私、批修为綱 yi dousi、pixiu wei gang). On the right there is a stylized wheat pattern above a slogan reading: “Grasp revolution, Promote production” (抓革命促生产zhua geming cu shengchan). Contents in Quotation from Mao Zedong framed by a wheat garland, concluding with: “Carry the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution through to the end” (要把无产阶级文化大革命进行到底 yao ba wuchan jieji wenhua dageming jinxing daodi). Inscription: Kiln mark: “Zi River porcelain factory, Hunan 1968” (湖南資江瓷厂Hunan Zijiang cichang 1968) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province. Condition: A crack on the interior, signs of wear. Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23610, described as Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: 1960s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Red decals and inscriptions. Image portrays two women sitting by a paddy field, each holding a book (presumably Quotations from Mao Zedong). The woman on the right, wearing clothes of a laborer, points with her right hand, seemingly instructing the woman on the left, a student by appearance. Inscription: Front: “Read Chairman Mao’s books, listen to Chairman Mao’s words” (读毛主席的书听毛主席的话 du Mao zhuxi de shu, ting Mao zhuxi de hua), followed by a seal. Reverse: “Quotation from Chairman Mao: Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory” (毛主席语录下定决心。不怕牺牲。排除万难。去争取胜利。 Mao zhuxi yulu: Xia ding juexin. Bu pa xisheng. Paichu wan nan. Qu zhengqu shengli). Kiln mark: Produced by Zi River porcelain factory, Yiyang (益陽資江瓷厂出品 Yiyang Zijiang cichang chupin). A character (和 he) on the interior of the bowl. Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province Condition: Good Acquisition Data: Beijing, probably Panjiayuan. 2001-2005