CM89a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The exterior decorated with a snow scene that features a red pavilion and snow-laden pine tree next to a lake. A snowy pine branch decorates the lid. Shop keeper told me (Freda) that it is a recent revival of an early 1980s potter who copied a famous snow-scene ceramic painter of the 1950s.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
shop, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Production place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
March 12, 2005
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
ca. 2004
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.8 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Red kiln mark on foot in full-form characters but blocky modernist style: “Jingdezhen Red Art Porcelain Factory” (景德鎮紅藝瓷廠 Jingdezhen hongyi cichang).