9a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug with lid. An image of the PRC national flag is spray painted on white ground. To its left are a slanted slogan and a red five-pointed star. Cobalt blue bowstring is on the rim. The handle is partially painted black. Acquisition Data: Baoguosi, Mr. Zheng Haisheng. RMB 100. 2006-07-13. Lent to Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, June-Dec. 2017, for exhibition “The Way of Tea.”
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
July 13, 2006
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1955-1956
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: “Carry the revolution through to the end” (將革命進行到底Jiang geming jinxing daodi). Foot: Pictorial mark of a globe and full-form characters that read right to left. Regrettably the factory name is partly effaced: Earth Brand, Huaye (?) Enamel Factory, Made in China (地球牌 華業 (?) 搪瓷廠MADE IN CHINA Diqiu pai Huaye (?) tangci chang) Condition: Stains, cracks, chips, and repair.