66a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug with lid. The white ground is stenciled with a cobalt blue image of a submarine sailing away from a cliff topped by radar. On top of the submarine are two aircrafts and two seagulls. The image is framed by red inscriptions: Pilots of the navy’s Dong Hai fleet, team 37905 (东海舰队航空兵 三七九〇五部队 Dong Hai jiandui hangkong bing san qi jiu ling wu budui). Blue bowstring decorates the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Hangzhou, Hangzhou Shiqu, Zhejiang, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1979
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Foot: Hangzhou Enamel Factory, type 2, March 1979 (杭州搪瓷厂 乙 (5) 型 79. 3. 上旬Hangzhou tangci chang yi xing shangxun). Condition: enamel loss.