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Start Over Object class Mugs (cups) Collection place China Function 1.5 Household
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23508, described as The body is decorated with an image of the North Sea Park in Beijing with the Qianlong Emperor’s Dagoba on island, accompanied by an inscription and a small seal. Gilded rim. Inscription: Body: “North Sea Park, Beijing, made in 1979” (北京北海公园 已未年作 Beijing Beihai gongyuan, jiwei nian zuo); Blue square mark on foot “Great China, Beijing” (大华北京 Da hua Beijing)
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 9-23490, 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 9-23545, described as Bright yellow body with black logo, inscriptions in English and Chinese as well as web page address: http://www.mlsjyj.com. On the back, a lacy circle holds the four characters of the company’s name “Bright World” (明亮世界Mingliang shijie). The inclusion of the internet address was the first I had seen.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23496, described as A straight-sided mug with angular handle. Front hand-painted decal shows fully loaded truck in front of active factory. Two chimneys emit smoke. Two buildings are embellished with slogans (see below). Inscription: On right: “Long life Mao Zedong Thought” (毛泽东思想万岁 Mao Zedong sixiang wansui); on left: “Long Live the Communist Party” (共产党万岁 gongchandang wansui). On the back a long five-line inscription in full-form characters from Mao quotations (毛主席語錄).
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23536, described as A colored decal displays missiles and the three branches of the military, with 8-1 on a red banner (八一bayi, i.e., August 1st, the anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Liberation Army). The back has a bold printed inscription. Gold bowstring around rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23537, described as Color decal of the white Dagoba in Beihai park, Beijing. Two figures, dwarfed by the Buddhist monument, stand in the foreground.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23474, described as Hand potted with handle of twisted strands of clay. Hand-painted bird and flower image. A red bird rests on a twig that reaches out from a cluster of flowers.

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