48a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with an image of a torch flanked on each side by an inscription: A single spark can start a prairie fire (星星之火 可以燎原 Xingxing zhi huo keyi liaoyuan), a quotation from Mao Zedong. The light of given off by the torch is represented by a flourish of yellow and orange pigment. Brown bowstring decorates the rim. Pink decorates the rim of the lid.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Tianjin municipality, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
May 24, 2007
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
ca. 1966-1967
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 16 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Foot: The Masses Tianjin Lixin Enamel Factory (大众 天津市立新搪瓷厂… 5 11 Dazhong Tianjin shi Lixin tangci chang). Illegible production date. Condition: enamel chips, chips and wear.