Rice bowl

Museum number:
9-23579
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CB30 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12 cm Date: 1966-76 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The body is stamped with three identical scene of two men reading a book. They float above pine branches that represent the enduring quality of Mao’s thought. The original design had the two figures encircled in a pink line that culminates in a radiating star over their heads. Each scene is separated by a printed slogan: Read Chairman Mao’s books (读毛主席的书 du Mao zhuxi de shu); Listen to Chairman Mao’s words (听毛主席的话 ting Mao zhuxi de hua); In work follow Chairman Mao’s directives (照毛主席的指示办事 zhao Mao zhuxi de zhishi banshi). The motifs are printed between a double blue bowstring at rim and a blue line around stomach. Inscription: No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Very good. The glaze was underfired such that what is should be green is brown in some places, and the red halo is fully visible in only 1 of the 3 motifs. Acquisition Data: Geng Man 耿曼, Guwancheng. Price? Date: 2003-09-17.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Curio City (Guwancheng), Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 17, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1966-76
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23579, described as Object Name: Rice bowl Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: 12 cm Date: 1966-76 Country: People’s Republic of China Description: The body is stamped with three identical scene of two men reading a book. They float above pine branches that represent the enduring quality of Mao’s thought. The original design had the two figures encircled in a pink line that culminates in a radiating star over their heads. Each scene is separated by a printed slogan: Read Chairman Mao’s books (读毛主席的书 du Mao zhuxi de shu); Listen to Chairman Mao’s words (听毛主席的话 ting Mao zhuxi de hua); In work follow Chairman Mao’s directives (照毛主席的指示办事 zhao Mao zhuxi de zhishi banshi). The motifs are printed between a double blue bowstring at rim and a blue line around stomach. Inscription: No kiln mark. Place of Origin: China Condition: Very good. The glaze was underfired such that what is should be green is brown in some places, and the red halo is fully visible in only 1 of the 3 motifs. Acquisition Data: Geng Man 耿曼, Guwancheng. Price? Date: 2003-09-17.

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