Mug

Museum number:
9-23493
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023493
Alternate number:
CM20 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The body is hand painted with a landscape with blossoming trees or autumn foliage. On the reverse, a poem inscription. Inscription: “The lake’s brilliance reaches to the blue sky, sufficient for pure splendor” (湖光连天碧,止足有清辉 hu guang lian tian bi, zhizu you qinghuii). Red circular kiln mark on foot: “Product of no. seven ceramic factory, Jingdezhen” (景德鎮第七瓷廠出品 Jingdezhen di qi cichang chupin)
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Beijing
Production place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
2005
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 10.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug, accession number 9-23493, described as The body is hand painted with a landscape with blossoming trees or autumn foliage. On the reverse, a poem inscription. Inscription: “The lake’s brilliance reaches to the blue sky, sufficient for pure splendor” (湖光连天碧,止足有清辉 hu guang lian tian bi, zhizu you qinghuii). Red circular kiln mark on foot: “Product of no. seven ceramic factory, Jingdezhen” (景德鎮第七瓷廠出品 Jingdezhen di qi cichang chupin)

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