Object class: Drinking vessels / Production place: Beijing municipality, Northern China - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-23551, described as Small wine cup. The cup is painted with a peach tree heavy with fruit.

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 9-23910, 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 9-23958, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a red flag among pine leaves. Framing the image is a red inscription, indicating that the mug was presented to the family members of martyrs and handicapped veterans by the Beijing Revolution Coittee. Blue bowstring decorates the rim.

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 9-23932, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with blue wave patterns along the bottom and pink pigment along the top. On the upper body is a red inscription: “Sailing the sea depends on the helmsman, making revolution depends on Mao Zedong Thought (大海航行靠舵手干革命靠毛泽东思想Dahai hangxing kao duoshou gan geming kao Mao Zedong Sixiang). Seal on foot: “The Masses Beijing Daily Use Enamel Factory, February 1969” (大众北京市日用搪瓷厂69. 2. 5 Dazhong Beijing shi riyong tangci chang).Blue bowstring decorates the rim. Condition: Minor enamel loss, otherwise in good condition.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23940, described as Enamel mug. The white ground features a transferred pink decoration with reserved inscription, mimicking mosaic effect. Blue bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 100

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23916, described as Enamel mug. The white ground is transferred with two red flowers depicted with seemingly imprudent strokes and flat, bright coloring scheme, a style reminiscent of Fauvism. Each flower is juxtaposed with a square shape with raw edges. Beside the image is a red inscription “The superiors help the inferiors, both would improve” (一帮一一对红Yi bang yi yi dui hong). Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23955, described as Enamel mug. The décor is dominated by two large artificial flowers of the sort that are pinned on the lapels of honorees at ceremonies. On the right a stenciled design shows three flags standing on a terraced farm beside a dam. At the upper right a red inscription reads: “The glory of going Up to the mountains, Down to the countryside” (上山下乡光荣Shangshan Xiaxiang guangrong). The rim is cobalt blue.

Hearst Museum object titled Mug with lid, accession number 9-23921a,b, described as Enamel mug with lid. The top edge is sprayed pink and stenciled with an inscription: “Long live the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” (无产阶级文化大革命万岁 Wuchan jieji wenhua da geming wansui). The lower part features a band of pine cones and pine needles, which symbolize longevity, in this context, the long life of the Cultural Revolution. A black bowstring decorates the rim. Green is sprayed on the edge of the lid. Acquisition Data: Beijing. Lent to Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, June-Dec. 2017, for exhibition “The Way of Tea.”