67a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is decorated with a transferred decal of a blue bus rushing forward in a street lined with trees. The top of a modern building appears in the background. The top of the mug and the edge of the lid are sprayed with sky blue pigment. A blue bowstring decorates the rim. RMB 70
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan furniture building, Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 12, 2009
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1971
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Seal on foot is fuzzy but the following is plausible: Jinan Enamel Factory, Starting Anew Brand, March 1971, The Masses (济南搪瓷厂 立新牌 71-3-9 大众 Jinan tangci chang Li[xin]pai Dazhong) Condition: chips, wear.