Teacup

Museum number:
9-23505
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CM34 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
The body is decorated with a green decal of four dancing women representing people from all over the world; on the reverse a decal with the slogan: “Listen to Chairman Mao’s words” (听毛主席的话 ting Mao zhuxi de hua) framed by an open book. A decorative blue decal surrounds 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:
January 24, 2003
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teacups
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
ca. 1967
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Teacup, accession number 9-23505, described as The body is decorated with a green decal of four dancing women representing people from all over the world; on the reverse a decal with the slogan: “Listen to Chairman Mao’s words” (听毛主席的话 ting Mao zhuxi de hua) framed by an open book. A decorative blue decal surrounds rim.

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