Teacup

Museum number:
9-23502
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Alternate number:
CM30a,d (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The body has a green decal of a landscape of peak and pine accompanied by an inscription. The same inscription repeats on the reverse side in clerical script (lishu). A decorative blue decal around rim imitates the lacy designs of Soviet wares. Inscription: The vista is boundless at the precipitous peak (無限風光在險峰wuxian fengguang zai xianfeng). No kiln mark.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Muslim Quarter, Xi'an, Shanxi Province, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
March 21, 2004
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teacups
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
Cultural revolution
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Teacup, accession number 9-23502, described as The body has a green decal of a landscape of peak and pine accompanied by an inscription. The same inscription repeats on the reverse side in clerical script (lishu). A decorative blue decal around rim imitates the lacy designs of Soviet wares. Inscription: The vista is boundless at the precipitous peak (無限風光在險峰wuxian fengguang zai xianfeng). No kiln mark.

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