Mug

Museum number:
9-23516
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023516
Alternate number:
CM48 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The red-ground body is set with an oval reserve featuring a color decal of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, vigorously beating the white-boned demon (a reference not only to the popular novel Journey to the West, but also to the demise of Madam Mao).
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 29, 2007
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
Post Cultural Revolution (late 1970s)
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23516, described as The red-ground body is set with an oval reserve featuring a color decal of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, vigorously beating the white-boned demon (a reference not only to the popular novel Journey to the West, but also to the demise of Madam Mao).

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