Mug

Museum number:
9-23508
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CM38 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The body is decorated with an image of the North Sea Park in Beijing with the Qianlong Emperor’s Dagoba on island, accompanied by an inscription and a small seal. Gilded rim. Inscription: Body: “North Sea Park, Beijing, made in 1979” (北京北海公园 已未年作 Beijing Beihai gongyuan, jiwei nian zuo); Blue square mark on foot “Great China, Beijing” (大华北京 Da hua Beijing)
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Beijing, Guwancheng
Production place:
Beijing municipality, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
July 6, 2008
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1979
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23508, described as The body is decorated with an image of the North Sea Park in Beijing with the Qianlong Emperor’s Dagoba on island, accompanied by an inscription and a small seal. Gilded rim. Inscription: Body: “North Sea Park, Beijing, made in 1979” (北京北海公园 已未年作 Beijing Beihai gongyuan, jiwei nian zuo); Blue square mark on foot “Great China, Beijing” (大华北京 Da hua Beijing)

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