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Hearst Museum object titled Army mug, accession number 9-23887, described as Tin army mug. The silver-gray body is cast with a five-pointed star and the slogan “Serve the People” (為人民服務Wei renmin fuwu). The middle character min is enclosed in the star. Aquisition data: Liulichang West, Beijing, Ms. Hao Yu. Purchased 2005 or earlier.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23490, described as Hand-potted. Hand-painted decal of two figures, one sitting and one standing, under tall bamboos; stacked rocks to left side. Inscription: Jade bamboo in the forest (林中玉竹Lin zhong yuzhu). Kiln mark: “Product 1 of No. five ceramic art production cooperative, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province” (江西省景市第五瓷器工兿生產合作社出品Jiangxi sheng jing shi di wu ciqi gongyi shengchan hezuoshe chupin 1)
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23476, described as Hand potted. A hand-painted slanted label reads: transmitting wealth and status to the world (傳世富貴 chuanshi fugui). It overlaps two drawing of rubbings of Han dynasty tiles. To the left is written in two vertical lines: “Inscriptions from Qin and Han dynasty tiles” (秦漢瓦甎銘文 Qin Han wazhuan mingwen).
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23957, described as Enamel mug. A red inscription spray painted on white ground indicates that the mug was a gift following the victory of the defense of the Chinese border with Vietnam. “Fighting back in self-defense; Protecting the border. Remembering Victory. Presented by the Central Relief Organization, March, 1979 (自衛还击,保卫边疆 胜利纪念 中央慰問団贈 一九七九年三月Ziwei huanji, baowei bianjiang. Shengli jinian. Zhongyang weiwentuan zeng. Yijiuqijiu nian san yue). Tiananmen gate is stenciled on the opposite side. Identical stencils, front and back, on 112 above.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23475, described as Hand-painted decoration. The color scheme is like other late-Qing to early-Republican ceramics (CF. British Museum teapot nos. 17 and 74). In a garden, two ladies sit on either side of a table. Both wear traditional hair-style and robes. Banana leaves in the garden signal relationships (xiangjiao 香蕉 a pun on 相交, which like “intercourse” can imply social and/or sexual relations) combined with the sleeve held to chin (opera gesture for intense emotion) suggest that this is a romantic tryst.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23516, described as The red-ground body is set with an oval reserve featuring a color decal of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, vigorously beating the white-boned demon (a reference not only to the popular novel Journey to the West, but also to the demise of Madam Mao).
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23937, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a red inscription: Learn from the working class (向工人阶级学习 Xiang gongren jieji xuexi). Framed on the top and the bottom by an abstract auspicious pattern and a panoramic scene of factories, both in orange. Blue bowstring decorates the rim.

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