MF 1 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Aluminum hot water flask. A lithographic transfer on a red ground depicts a building complex facing a boulevard with a row of trees and several vehicles. The building resembles the Minorities Palace (民族宮Minzu gong), which would make the broad avenue Chang’an Boulevard. Lights and fireworks that brighten the red night sky likely refer to a National Day celebration, perhaps the tenth anniversary of the PRC in 1959, when the Minorities Palace was completed. A logo is impressed on the bottom part of the thermos: “Sunflower” (向阳 Xiangyang), with a sunflower image and “-2-.” Sunflowers, which continuously turn toward the sun, signified the loyal citizens who turn toward the Communist Party and Mao Zedong. A similar sunflower logo appears on the top of the lid.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan, Beijing
Production place:
Shanghai municipality, Southern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
May 28, 2006
Materials:
Aluminum (metal), Bark (plant material), and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flasks (bottles)
Production date:
1959 or 1969
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 38.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Impressed mark on base: Shanghai China -2- (中国上海 Zhongguo Shanghai -2-). Condition: Wear on the body. Original lid in good condition