36 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug. The white-ground is sprayed with yellow pigment. A white panel in reserve is inscribed with “Serve the people” (为人民服务Wei renmin fuwu), followed by Mao’s signature. Framing the text panel are pine branches. Cobalt blue decorates the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi, Beijing
Production place:
Xi'an, Shanxi province, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
February 12, 2004
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1967
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Pictorial mark on foot: Product of the Masses Mountain Goat Brand, Xi’an People’s Enamel Factory, July 1967 (大众山羊牌 西安人民搪瓷厂出品 1967.7. (2) Dazhong Shanyang pai Xi’an renmin tangci chang chupin) Condition: Chips, repairs.