MF 2 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Aluminum hot water flask. The body is decorated with a photographic transfer of a golden wheat field; electrical pylons indicate rural electrification. Hovering over a wheat field are two large red characters outlined in white. They read “Bumper Harvest”. A logo is impressed on the bottom edge of the flask: Sunflower (向阳 Xiangyang), with a sunflower image and marked “-1-.” A similar logo is impressed on the top of the lid, but in a different arrangement.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Liulichang West, Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
October 27, 2003
Materials:
Aluminum (metal), Bark (plant material), and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flasks (bottles)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 38 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: “Bumper Harvest” (丰收Fengshou) Condition: Thick brown stain was apparently scrubbed with an abrasive resulting in scratched surface; dented foot.