Train mug and lid

Museum number:
9-23532a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923532a@2cb
Alternate number:
CM70a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Tapered Cup with lid. A hand-painted decal shows an imposing building on a mountain above a lake. The reverse side is inscribed (see below). An imitation gold bowstring is on the edge of the lid which may be a replacement. Inscription: Back: “Sail reflecting on spring river” (春江帆影 Chunjiang fanying). On foot: “Product 2 of Jingdezhen, China” (中國景德鎮出品2 Zhongguo Jingdezhen chupin 2)
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
collectibles market, Shenyang Street, Tianjin, Hebei Province, China
Production place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
October 30, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
Late 1970s or 1980s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 7.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Train mug and lid, accession number 9-23532a,b, described as Tapered Cup with lid. A hand-painted decal shows an imposing building on a mountain above a lake. The reverse side is inscribed (see below). An imitation gold bowstring is on the edge of the lid which may be a replacement. Inscription: Back: “Sail reflecting on spring river” (春江帆影 Chunjiang fanying). On foot: “Product 2 of Jingdezhen, China” (中國景德鎮出品2 Zhongguo Jingdezhen chupin 2)

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