Train mug

Museum number:
9-23526
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023526
Alternate number:
CM62 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The blue-and-white mug is decorated with the symbol of the Chinese Railway System. Inscribed below are four characters: “Beijing Railway Bureau West Station Passenger train” (京局西客 jingju xike). Blue bowstring around rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
October 27, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1970s?
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 9.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Train mug, accession number 9-23526, described as The blue-and-white mug is decorated with the symbol of the Chinese Railway System. Inscribed below are four characters: “Beijing Railway Bureau West Station Passenger train” (京局西客 jingju xike). Blue bowstring around rim.

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