CM03 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Hand potted. A hand-painted slanted label reads: transmitting wealth and status to the world (傳世富貴 chuanshi fugui). It overlaps two drawing of rubbings of Han dynasty tiles. To the left is written in two vertical lines: “Inscriptions from Qin and Han dynasty tiles” (秦漢瓦甎銘文 Qin Han wazhuan mingwen).
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi, Southwest Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
June 10, 2004
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1919
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Unctuous glaze. “Day of Autumn Festival of year Jiwei (1919) Xiangnan wrote by hand at Wang Yifa produced (餘潤 己未仲秋日 湘南手书於 王義发製造. Yu run. Yiwei zhongqiu ri, Xiangnan shoushu yu Wang Yifa zhizao). Followed by a seal reading: seal (印yin). Cf. teapot in Beijing Guardian Auction 2009-03-28