Object class: Culinary containers / Production place: Shenyang, Liaoning province, China - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 9-23935, 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 9-23902, described as Enamel mug. The body features a transferred mosaic design of the Tiananmen Gate in red. The rest of the decoration, including the pattern on the top, is in blue. The inscription in large red characters reads: “Pay attention to Sanitation”. Small characters read, “For communal use, Shenyang State-owned Tobacco Factory. 1957” (注意卫生国营沈阳卷烟厂公用 1957 Zhuyi weisheng guoying Shenyang juanyan chang gongyong). Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 120

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23919, described as Enamel mug. The white-ground is stencile-decorated with numerous red flags amidst seas of balloons and flower blossoms. Accompanying the image is a red inscription: Long live the success of Chairman Mao’s line on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution! (以毛主席为代表的无产阶级革命路线万岁！Yi Mao Zhuxi wei daibiao de Wuchan Jieji geming luxian wansui)