Train mug

Museum number:
9-23520
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CM55 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The blue-and-white mug features characters 太 tai (standing for 太原 Taiyuan) and 客 ke (for passengers, 乘客 chengke) flanking the symbol of the Chinese Railway system. Blue bowstring around rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Handan, Hebei province, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 9, 2010
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1950s or early 1960s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Train mug, accession number 9-23520, described as The blue-and-white mug features characters 太 tai (standing for 太原 Taiyuan) and 客 ke (for passengers, 乘客 chengke) flanking the symbol of the Chinese Railway system. Blue bowstring around rim.

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