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Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 9-23851, described as Aluminum hot water flask. The body is decorated with a photographic transfer of a golden wheat field; electrical pylons indicate rural electrification. Hovering over a wheat field are two large red characters outlined in white. They read “Bumper Harvest”. A logo is impressed on the bottom edge of the flask: Sunflower (向阳 Xiangyang), with a sunflower image and marked “-1-.” A similar logo is impressed on the top of the lid, but in a different arrangement.
Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 9-23854, described as Aluminum hot water flask. The red-ground features an elliptical shape with an image of a pavilion on the southern lake of the three lakes at the west side of the Imperial City, Beijing (which is to say, Zhongnanhai, the leadership compound). Willow branches at the top are complemented by a magnolia blossom at the bottom. Onthe upper left is a red inscription in seal script that reads “Fishing Pavilion” (打魚亭Da yu ting). At the top of the image is the “Deer Brand” logo with a deer flanked by the two characters (鹿牌Lu pai) stamped on the surface. “Souvenir of Zhongnan hai” (中南海留念Zhongnanhai liunian) is inscribed below. Acquisition Data: Gift of journalist Melinda Liu, Beijing. 2013-01-10. Lent to Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, June-Dec. 2017, for the exhibition “The Way of Tea.”
Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 9-23853, described as Aluminum hot water flask. Deep red landscape with precipitous mountain capped by building and pine trees. Against the red sky is a poem "Inscription on a photograph taken by Comrade Li Jin [Jiang Qing] at the Immortal's Cave on Mount Lu dated Double Nine of 1961." (庐山仙人洞Lushan Xianren dong). The poem is printed in gold in Mao's script. A logo is pressed on the lower edge of the flask: Sunflower (向阳 Xiangyang), with a symmetrical sunflower image and marked “- 1-.” A similar logo is impressed on the top of the original lid. Acquisition Data: Ms. Hao Yu, Liulichang West, Beijing, with Lisa Corrin. RMB 300. 2003-4-18.
Hearst Museum object titled Traveling tea bottle, accession number 9-23529a,b, described as Traveling tea bottle. The front has a decal of the female immortal Lancaihe 藍采和scattering flowers, the reverse side features the symbol of Chinese Railway System, above which is the slogan: “Take pride in hygiene” (卫生光荣 weisheng guangrong). Below is “Beijing Railway Bureau” (京局爱委会 jing ju ai wei hui) and the date 1978. The bottle has a yellow plastic lid that can double as a cup. Distribution of travel bottles was part of a 1978 Nationwide Patriotic Hygiene Movement (全国爱国卫生运动).
Hearst Museum object titled Traveling tea bottle, accession number 9-23528a,b, described as Traveling tea bottle. The yellow-ground bottle is decorated with a decal of Sun Wukong beating the White-boned Demon. The blue plastic lid doubles as a cup. Condition: Very good. Acquisition Data: Zheng Haisheng 鄭海生 at Baoguosi with Peter Bol and Michael Puett. 100 RMB. Date: 2009-7-29

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