Mug

Museum number:
9-23496
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023496
Alternate number:
CM23 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
A straight-sided mug with angular handle. Front hand-painted decal shows fully loaded truck in front of active factory. Two chimneys emit smoke. Two buildings are embellished with slogans (see below). Inscription: On right: “Long life Mao Zedong Thought” (毛泽东思想万岁 Mao Zedong sixiang wansui); on left: “Long Live the Communist Party” (共产党万岁 gongchandang wansui). On the back a long five-line inscription in full-form characters from Mao quotations (毛主席語錄).
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Tunxi
Production place:
Qimen, Anhui Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
February 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Factories (structures), Mugs (cups), and Trucks
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
Mao era
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 9.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23496, described as A straight-sided mug with angular handle. Front hand-painted decal shows fully loaded truck in front of active factory. Two chimneys emit smoke. Two buildings are embellished with slogans (see below). Inscription: On right: “Long life Mao Zedong Thought” (毛泽东思想万岁 Mao Zedong sixiang wansui); on left: “Long Live the Communist Party” (共产党万岁 gongchandang wansui). On the back a long five-line inscription in full-form characters from Mao quotations (毛主席語錄).

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