Mug and lid

Museum number:
9-23544a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923544a@2cb
Alternate number:
CM84a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Blue and white decoration, scrolling peony pattern in a band on the upper-body. Floral pattern encircling the knob on the lid. Blue bowstrings.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Guwancheng
Production place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
May 6, 2011
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1990s
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Hand-written inscription: “Retirement Keepsake, No.1 Construction, Second District Labor Union” (离休留念 一建二工区工会 Lixiu liunian yijian er gongqu gonghui). Kiln mark: “Made in Jingdezhen” (景德镇制Jingdezhen zhi).
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mug and lid, accession number 9-23544a,b, described as Blue and white decoration, scrolling peony pattern in a band on the upper-body. Floral pattern encircling the knob on the lid. Blue bowstrings.

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