MT 27 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel tray. The white enameled ground has a reddish brown stencil of a hat and a shoe. A commemorative inscription is in blue. The rim is sprayed with orange with a red bowstring on the rim. The back is plain white; no factory seal. Acquisition Data: Panjiayuan, Beijing, Mr. ZhengYu 鄭郁, 2nd floor, with Virginia Bower. RMB 75. 2008-06-21.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan, Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
June 21, 2008
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trays
Production date:
1950s
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— diameter 28.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Outer ring: “Commemorative [gift] Tongshenghe Hat Shop, now also selling seasonal shoes” (同陞和帽店添售時鞋紀念Tongshenghe mao dian tianshou shixie jinian), inscription repeated twice and separated by triangles. Inner: Address: Wangfujing Avenue (地址王府井大街Dizhi Wangfujing dajie) Condition: Wear, with extensive enamel loss