MF 5 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Aluminum hot water flask. The red-ground features an elliptical shape with an image of a pavilion on the southern lake of the three lakes at the west side of the Imperial City, Beijing (which is to say, Zhongnanhai, the leadership compound). Willow branches at the top are complemented by a magnolia blossom at the bottom. Onthe upper left is a red inscription in seal script that reads “Fishing Pavilion” (打魚亭Da yu ting). At the top of the image is the “Deer Brand” logo with a deer flanked by the two characters (鹿牌Lu pai) stamped on the surface. “Souvenir of Zhongnan hai” (中南海留念Zhongnanhai liunian) is inscribed below. Acquisition Data: Gift of journalist Melinda Liu, Beijing. 2013-01-10. Lent to Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, June-Dec. 2017, for the exhibition “The Way of Tea.”
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
January 10, 2013
Materials:
Aluminum (metal), Glass (material), and Plastic (organic material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flasks (bottles)
Production date:
1980s
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 35 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Bottom of the body in relief: “Made in China” (中國製造Zhongguozhizao), in both English and Chinese. Condition: Rust on the bottom.