Cups

Museum number:
9-23499
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CM26a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Promotional teacups. The exterior of each is inscribed twice with the name of a company in blue, separated by a pink star within a crescent moon. Double green bowstring around rims. Inscription: In full-form characters: “Guohua Rubber Shoes” (國華膠皮鞋 Guohua jiao pixie).
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
November 15, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 6.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cups, accession number 9-23499, described as Promotional teacups. The exterior of each is inscribed twice with the name of a company in blue, separated by a pink star within a crescent moon. Double green bowstring around rims. Inscription: In full-form characters: “Guohua Rubber Shoes” (國華膠皮鞋 Guohua jiao pixie).

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