Object name: Mug / Object class: Vessels for serving and consuming food / Materials: Enamel (fused coating) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23904, described as Enamel mug. The front is stenciled with an oval image of a train running on a bridge through a mountainous region. The reverse features a red inscription, stating that the mug was made by the Newly Established Central Construction Bureau of the Railway Administration, No. 6 Construction Bureau, in commemoration of the opening of the Baoji-Chengdu route. Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle is partially decorated in black.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23896, described as Enamel mug. The front features a stenciled decoration of the red Tiananmen Gate and a blue dove above. The back features a long inscription that includes a slogan in the middle: Safeguard Motherland, safeguard peace (保衛祖國保衛和平Baowei zuguo baowei heping). The rest states that the mug was a gift to heroes of the People’s Liberation Army, presented by the Representatives of the People of China in sympathy with the People’s Liberation Army. The top of the body is decorated with a ring of auspicious pattern in sky blue. Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle is partially decorated in the same color.

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 9-23936, 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 9-23926, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a branch of snow-laden plum blossom against an azure background. Above in red running script is a poetic couplet from Mao Zedong’s 1962 poem Winter Clouds (冬云Dong yun). RMB 70.

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 7-7412, described as mug-- white and blue

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.