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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23860, described as Enamel shallow bowl. The yellow-ground shallow bowl is decorated with abstract red and orange pattern on the interior rim, and a blue bowstring to the rim. Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan Furniture Building, 2nd Floor Beijing. 20 RMB. 2011-11-12.

Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 9-23852, described as Aluminum hot water flask. On a deep red ground a decal depicts ships plying waves. On the horizon is a red sun; seagulls fly above. Two horizontal lines transcribe Lin Biao’s praise for Mao: “Sailing the sea depends on the helmsman; making revolution depends on Mao Zedong Thought” (大海航行靠舵手干革命靠毛泽东思想Dahai hangxing kao duoshou, gan geming kao Mao Zedong Sixiang). These are the first two lines of a rousing song that was sung daily during the Cultural Revolution.

Hearst Museum object titled Lid, accession number 9-23867, described as Lid for oil stove - enamel tray. The top of the lid is decorated with a red design stenciled on white ground. The center, which is slightly higher than the rest of the surface, features four characters “Yongbei Oil Stove” (永備油爐 yongbei youlu). The outer circle is a flame-like pattern. A blue bowstring decorates the rim. This would have been used on the top of a stove.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23894, described as Enamel mug. A red five-pointed star and the blue inscription are stenciled with spray paint on white ground. Acquisition Data: Baoguosi Zheng Haisheng鄭, with M. Nylan, Terese Bartholomew. RMB 100. 2007-09-20

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23914, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with red inscriptions. Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 100

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23907, described as Enamel mug. The plain pale-yellow ground is undecorated except for a green rim and handle. RMB 20

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23906a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with a red inscription arranged in three lines. The top line, consisting of two characters “gifting to” (贈给zenggei), is inserted with a dove in the middle. The rest of the two lines states that it was specially made in commemoration of “the hardworking labors for the cause of constructing motherland” by State-operated 211 Factory in 7th November, 1957. Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle is partially decorated in the same color. RMB 100

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23950a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with a cobalt blue submarine above waves, framed by red inscriptions: (Commemorating) China People’s Liberation Army, Navy, Submarine 070 (中国人民解放军海军潜水艇…念 070 Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun haijun qianshuiting… nian). Blue bowstring decorates the rim. The lid is stenciled in red with numbers: 070. RMB 100

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23954a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled in red with an emblem of a gun, star and perhaps a submarine helm over the year 1974; on the back the numerals “255”. Blue bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 100