Mirror

Museum number:
9-23844
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023844
Alternate number:
GM1 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Rectangular mirror in original wooden frame decorated with a decal of Mao Zedong and General Zhu De. Their portraits are framed with roundels of wheat representing the peasant class. They are flanked by six flags of the new PRC. Below is yellow bunting held in place with pink blossoms. Above is a five-pointed yellow star on a red ground encircled by a green cog representing the working class.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan Furniture Building, Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 12, 2009
Materials:
Glass (material), Metal, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mirrors
Production date:
1949-1950
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 36.3 centimeters and whole— height 51.5 centimeters
Comment:
Panjiayuan Furniture Building, 2nd floor, 2009-9-12, with Miriam Clifford and Francine. 500 RMBCondition: Fair. Some loss of silvering. Frame scuffed.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mirror, accession number 9-23844, described as Rectangular mirror in original wooden frame decorated with a decal of Mao Zedong and General Zhu De. Their portraits are framed with roundels of wheat representing the peasant class. They are flanked by six flags of the new PRC. Below is yellow bunting held in place with pink blossoms. Above is a five-pointed yellow star on a red ground encircled by a green cog representing the working class.

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