Teacup

Museum number:
9-23503
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023503
Alternate number:
CM32 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
A green decal shows two women carrying farm tools and reading the Little Red Book. Below are sunflowers. The reverse displays a quote on an open-book from a poem by Mao Zedong: China’s daughters have high-aspiring minds /They love their battle array, not silks and satins (中华儿女多奇志，不爱红装爱武装zhonghua ernu duo qizhi, buai hongzhuang ai wuzhuang). The book rests on wheat and hammer, symbols for peasants and workers. A decorative blue decal surrounds the rim.
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:
1967-68
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Teacup, accession number 9-23503, described as A green decal shows two women carrying farm tools and reading the Little Red Book. Below are sunflowers. The reverse displays a quote on an open-book from a poem by Mao Zedong: China’s daughters have high-aspiring minds /They love their battle array, not silks and satins (中华儿女多奇志，不爱红装爱武装zhonghua ernu duo qizhi, buai hongzhuang ai wuzhuang). The book rests on wheat and hammer, symbols for peasants and workers. A decorative blue decal surrounds the rim.

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