Mug and lid

Museum number:
9-23498a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923498a@2cb
Alternate number:
CM25a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The mug is decorated with a decal of an opened book resting on pine branches and radiating light, topped by the slogan: Serve the people (为人民服務 wei renmin fuwu) in imitation of Mao’s calligraphic script. The lid is almost flat with a round knob, a design that is typical of the mugs that Liling made for the CCP leaders and the Great Hall of the People; it bears an inscription. Inscription: Lid: “Smash the [four] olds; establish the [four] news” (破旧立新 pojiu lixin). For history of slogan see Helen Wang, Chairman Mao Badges, p. 143. Blue circular kiln mark on foot: “New Life Ceramic factory, Liling 1968” (醴陵新生瓷厂 Liling xinsheng cichang 1968)
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Curio City (Guwancheng)
Production place:
Liling, Hunan province, Southern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
March 28, 2002
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1968
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug and lid, accession number 9-23498a,b, described as The mug is decorated with a decal of an opened book resting on pine branches and radiating light, topped by the slogan: Serve the people (为人民服務 wei renmin fuwu) in imitation of Mao’s calligraphic script. The lid is almost flat with a round knob, a design that is typical of the mugs that Liling made for the CCP leaders and the Great Hall of the People; it bears an inscription. Inscription: Lid: “Smash the [four] olds; establish the [four] news” (破旧立新 pojiu lixin). For history of slogan see Helen Wang, Chairman Mao Badges, p. 143. Blue circular kiln mark on foot: “New Life Ceramic factory, Liling 1968” (醴陵新生瓷厂 Liling xinsheng cichang 1968)

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