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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 Mug and lid, accession number 9-23538a,b, described as A colored decal of an erect pine tree towering above surrounding landscape. Red moss hangs from branches. A small red seal at lower right reads Yellow Mountains (黄山Huangshan).

Hearst Museum object titled Mug and lid, accession number 9-23506a,b, described as The front has a decal of a young woman steel worker holding a yard arm. She wears an orange shirt and a full-length black apron. The back is printed with inscription given below. Inscription: “Industry should learn from Daqing” (工业学大庆 gongye xue Daqing). Foot: pictorial seal with seagull over blue mountain and sea. “Manufactured in Tangshan” (唐山制造 Tangshan zhizao) is displayed against a motif hinting at the crenelated Great Wall.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug and lid, accession number 9-23539a,b, described as Gold ring on the lid and rim. Ink bamboo on the pale-yellow body, with a design of a seal that reads bamboo (竹 zhu)

Hearst Museum object titled Train mug without handle, accession number 9-23522, described as The blue-and-white mug is printed with characters 连 lian (standing for 大连 Dalian) and 列 lie which stands for train (列车 lieche) flanking the symbol of the Chinese Railway System. Above is the admonition “Serve the people” (为人民服务 wei renmin fuwu) and Mao’s signature. Blue bowstring around rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Train mug without handle, accession number 9-23524, described as The blue-on-white mug features the symbol of Chinese Railway System, flanked by two characters 佳jia and 列lie (Jia is an abbreviation for Jiamusi 佳木斯in Heilongjiang Province; lie is short for 列车 lieche, train). Above is a slogan and a signature of Mao Zedong, under a blue rim. Inscription: “Fight selfishness, denounce revisionism. Mao Zedong” (要鬥私，批修毛泽东yao dousi, pixiu Mao Zedong).