Mug and lid

Museum number:
9-23484a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923484a@2cb
Alternate number:
CM11a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Hand-potted. Spray painted with a red flower, probably a peony, lush leaves and a budding branch against a full moon. Lid has a five-pointed star, delineated by red spray paint. Inscription: On both body and lid: “Mutual assistance and cooperation” (互助合作 huzhu hezuo). Kiln mark: “Liling Ceramic Painting Workers” (醴陵陶畫工人 Liling taohua gongren, last line illegible but seems to be “cooperative”合作社 hezuoshe)
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing
Production place:
Liling, Hunan province, Southern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 11, 2005
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 10.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug and lid, accession number 9-23484a,b, described as Hand-potted. Spray painted with a red flower, probably a peony, lush leaves and a budding branch against a full moon. Lid has a five-pointed star, delineated by red spray paint. Inscription: On both body and lid: “Mutual assistance and cooperation” (互助合作 huzhu hezuo). Kiln mark: “Liling Ceramic Painting Workers” (醴陵陶畫工人 Liling taohua gongren, last line illegible but seems to be “cooperative”合作社 hezuoshe)

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