50 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug. The white ground is decorated with the Red Book: Quotations from Mao, accompanied by a rifle and golden wheat tassel inside a brown cog, symbolizing the Worker-Farmer-Soldier Alliance. On the right there is a red inscription: Be united, alert, earnest and active (团结 紧张 严肃 活泼Tuanjie jinzhang yansu huopo). Black bowstring decorates the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Shenyang, Liaoning province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
March 10, 2005
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1966 - 1976
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 10 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Pictorial mark on foot: Construction Brand, Shenyang Enamel Factory (建設牌 沈阳市搪瓷廠Jianshe pai Shenyang shi tangci chang). Partially illegible. Condition: Heavy stains on the interior, enamel chips.