CM68a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Train cup with lid. The front features the red symbol of the Chinese Railway System, flanked by two characters meaning Beijing Railway Train (京列 jing lie). A wide band of blue-and-white scrolling lotus blossoms create a top register. Other than the floral band, the back is plain. The lid features similar blue-and-white decorations.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
November 27, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
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: Blue kiln mark on foot: “Made in Jingdezhen” (景德鎮製 Jingdezhen zhi) in seal script