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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.
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23944, described as Enamel mug. The army-green ground is stenciled in yellow with a quotation from Mao Zedong, ending with “Concern yourselves with the Country’s great affairs; carry the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution through to the end” (你們要关心国家大事，要把无产阶级文化大革命进行到底 Yao ba wuchan jieji wenhua dageming jinxing daodi), followed by Mao’s signature. Brown bowstring decorates the rim.
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 9-23894, 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 9-23910, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a green inscription, and decorated with a cobalt blue bowstring on the rim. The handle is partially decorated in the same color.
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 9-23935, 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 9-23927, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a red inscription: “Be like Chairman Mao’s good cadre, comrade Men He” (向毛主席的好干部门合同志学习 Xiang Mao Zhuxi de hao ganbu Men He Tongzhi xuexi). A model of loyalty, Men He (门合 1928-1967) wrote in his diary: ‘All of my thoughts are for Chairman Mao, all of my actions are in service of Chairman Mao. All of my movements follow Chairman Mao closely. All that I do is for Chairman Mao’ 一切想着毛主席、一切服从毛主席、一切紧跟毛主席、一切为着毛主席. Above the inscription are red pine needles against a yellow background. A black bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 50
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23911, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a cobalt blue inscription. Bowstring and part of the handle are decorated in the same color. 100 RMB

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