Rice bowl

Museum number:
9-23565
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023565
Alternate number:
CB11 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Rice bowl. The exterior decorated with a combination of stamps, decals and painting. Two soldiers stand on the right, looking out to battleships and islands in the distance. The design presumably refers to defending the Taiwan Straits and retaking the “renegade province” Taiwan. The reverse inscribed. A single blue line around the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Curio City (Guwancheng), Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 17, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1967-1969
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 11.8 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Body: “Consolidate Nation Defense” (巩固国防 gonggu guofang). No seal on foot.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23565, described as Rice bowl. The exterior decorated with a combination of stamps, decals and painting. Two soldiers stand on the right, looking out to battleships and islands in the distance. The design presumably refers to defending the Taiwan Straits and retaking the “renegade province” Taiwan. The reverse inscribed. A single blue line around the rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rice bowl, accession number 9-23565, described as Rice bowl. The exterior decorated with a combination of stamps, decals and painting. Two soldiers stand on the right, looking out to battleships and islands in the distance. The design presumably refers to defending the Taiwan Straits and retaking the “renegade province” Taiwan. The reverse inscribed. A single blue line around the rim.

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