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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-23860, described as Enamel shallow bowl. The yellow-ground shallow bowl is decorated with abstract red and orange pattern on the interior rim, and a blue bowstring to the rim. Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan Furniture Building, 2nd Floor Beijing. 20 RMB. 2011-11-12.

Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 9-23852, described as Aluminum hot water flask. On a deep red ground a decal depicts ships plying waves. On the horizon is a red sun; seagulls fly above. Two horizontal lines transcribe Lin Biao’s praise for Mao: “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). These are the first two lines of a rousing song that was sung daily during the Cultural Revolution.

Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23575, described as Object Name: Shallow rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12.3 cm Date: 1950s Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The heavy body hand painted with two men resting beneath bamboo trees and rocks. The reverse has decal of wheat shafts encircling two characters. Inscription: On back: New elegance (新雅 xin ya). On foot, kiln mark in full-form characters reads: Product 33 of Qinxiangxing porcelain factory, decoration [or, tax stamp?] by Kangyuan factory, Shanghai (上海康元廠印花秦祥興瓷號出品 Shanghai Kangyuanchang yinhua Qinxiangxing cihao chupin 33) Place of Origin: Shanghai Condition: Smoky stains may be sign of misfiring or re-firing Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan. Price: 40 RMB. Date: 2003-06-14.