72 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with a red flag among pine leaves. Framing the image is a red inscription, indicating that the mug was presented to the family members of martyrs and handicapped veterans by the Beijing Revolution Coittee. Blue bowstring decorates the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi, Beijing
Production place:
Beijing municipality, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
February 12, 2004
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1979
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 10 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Foot: The Masses, Beijing Daily Enamel Factory, January 1979 (大众 北京市日用搪瓷厂 79. 1 (1) Dazhong Beijing shi riyong tangci chang). Condition: stained on the interior, chip on foot.