Tapered cup and lid

Museum number:
9-23533a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CM72a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The mint-green glazed body has a colored decal with the great wall and a gate at a mountain pass; on the upper right are the characters: “No. 1 Gate under Heaven” (天下第一关 tianxia di yi guan). A silver bowstring is around rim; the lid is decorated with a double silver bowstring.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Collectibles market, Tianjin, Hebei Province, China
Production place:
Xuanhua, Hebei province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 12, 2002
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1980s-1990s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.8 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: On foot: 宣化二瓷 Xuanhua er ci Made In China
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tapered cup and lid, accession number 9-23533a,b, described as The mint-green glazed body has a colored decal with the great wall and a gate at a mountain pass; on the upper right are the characters: “No. 1 Gate under Heaven” (天下第一关 tianxia di yi guan). A silver bowstring is around rim; the lid is decorated with a double silver bowstring.

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