Train mug and lid

Museum number:
9-23525a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923525a@2cb
Alternate number:
CM61a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The front has a red decal with a long quotation from Mao (see below). The back features the symbol of Chinese Railway System flanked by two characters 济 ji (stands for 济南 Jinan) and 列 lie (stands for train, 列车 lieche). A double silver bowstring surrounds the rim. The domed lid is plain with a ball knob. Inscription: The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious. (中国共产党是全中国人民的领导核心。没有这样的一个核心，社会主义事业就不能胜利。) Quotation from Mao Zedong’s talk at the general reception for the delegates to the Third National Congress of the New Democratic Youth League of China (May 25, 1957).
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
October 27, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
Cultural Revolution period
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Train mug and lid, accession number 9-23525a,b, described as The front has a red decal with a long quotation from Mao (see below). The back features the symbol of Chinese Railway System flanked by two characters 济 ji (stands for 济南 Jinan) and 列 lie (stands for train, 列车 lieche). A double silver bowstring surrounds the rim. The domed lid is plain with a ball knob. Inscription: The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious. (中国共产党是全中国人民的领导核心。没有这样的一个核心，社会主义事业就不能胜利。) Quotation from Mao Zedong’s talk at the general reception for the delegates to the Third National Congress of the New Democratic Youth League of China (May 25, 1957).

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