Enamel bowl 3 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel bowl. The white ground bowl is stenciled with a blue hammer, a torch, and a wheat tassel against a red flag. On the interior wall are five flags and a slogan: Do not live off past gains, make new contributions (不要吃老本 要立新功Buyao chi laoben yao li xingong), all in red color, encircling the central image. A green bowstring is on the rim. The exterior is stenciled with light green abstract pattern. Acquisition Data: Beijing, 2003-2012
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Production place:
Lanzhou, Gansu province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
2003-2012
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Production date:
1970
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— diameter 22.3 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Seal on foot: The outline of a large gong character is in the center of a cog. The inscription in the outer circle reads, “Lanzhou Labor Brand, manufactured by Lanzhou Enamel Factory, product of the Masses. 1st January, 1970” (兰州工字牌 兰州搪瓷厂出品 大众产品1970. 1. 1 Lanzhou Gong zi pai Lanzhou tangci chang chupin Dazhong chanpin) Condition: Damage, cracks, wear, losses to the enamel