CT10 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Porcelain tray. Framed by bamboo, two children are in dialogue. A small boy kneels, facing the older child, a girl, who is reading a pamphlet. He raises a hand as if asking a question. Judging from the open satchel with documents, she is reading Supreme Directives from Chairman Mao. This scene may be illustrating a central theme of “revolutionary education”: dear as your mother and father are to you, Chairman Mao is still dearer. The edge of the rim has a silver bowstring. Acquisition Data: Purchased from Mr. Liu, Liulichang West, Beijing, with Jan Stuart, 23 August 2004
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Liulichang West, Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
August 23, 2004
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location), Paint (coating), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Production date:
early 1960s
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— diameter 25 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: no inscription or factory seal. Condition: Very good. Minor wear on surface.