31 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug. The body is stenciled with an image of a beacon above wave patterns, both in pale brown, topped by a band of abstract sunflower patterns, with red pigments filling the space in between. A black inscription stretches across the beacon image: Listen to Chairman Mao’s words (听毛主席的话 Ting Mao Zhuxi de hua). A green bowstring decorates the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
962: Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Tianjin municipality, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1966
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Pictorial mark on foot: Chrysanthemum Brand, Tianjin No. 2 Enamel Factory, January 1966. 9 cm. (菊花牌 天津市第二搪瓷厂66. 1. 三 9 cm. Condition: Enamel loss, especially on the body; stains.