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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 9-23604, 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 9-23606, 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 9-23616, 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 9-23596, 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 9-23620, described as Entry: No. CB87 Object Name: Bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: 1969 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: Five black characters widely spaced around the upper part of the bowl form the slogan “Revolutionary committees are good” (革命委员会好 geming weiyuan hui hao). Each character is framed by a purple ring, surrounded by three sunflowers and green leaves. Almost identical to No. 88. Inscription: Kiln mark: “Zi River porcelain factory, Hunan 1969” (湖南資江瓷厂Hunan Zijiang cichang 1969). Interior has a character (玉yu). Place of Origin: Hunan Province Condition: Good. Signs of wear Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Date: 2003-02-15

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23597, described as Object Name: Bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 16 cm Date: Great leap Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The exterior decorated in red with repeated motifs of a horse galloping over cotton balls. The house carries a stylized bundle of wheat; the character “abundant” (丰feng) is on the saddle blanket. The horse alternates with a cluster of symbols of worker, peasant, soldier alliance above which is an inscription reading: Communism is good (社会主义好 shehui zhuyi hao); the interior embossed with two characters. Inscription: Red circular kiln mark on foot: “Product of Zi River porcelain factory, Yiyang” (益陽資江瓷厂出品 Yiyang Zijiang cichang chupin) Place of Origin: Yiyang, Hunan Province Condition: Good with some wear Acquisition Data:

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