MF 4 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Aluminum hot water flask. Deep red landscape with precipitous mountain capped by building and pine trees. Against the red sky is a poem "Inscription on a photograph taken by Comrade Li Jin [Jiang Qing] at the Immortal's Cave on Mount Lu dated Double Nine of 1961." (庐山仙人洞Lushan Xianren dong). The poem is printed in gold in Mao's script. A logo is pressed on the lower edge of the flask: Sunflower (向阳 Xiangyang), with a symmetrical sunflower image and marked “- 1-.” A similar logo is impressed on the top of the original lid. Acquisition Data: Ms. Hao Yu, Liulichang West, Beijing, with Lisa Corrin. RMB 300. 2003-4-18.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Liulichang West, Beijing
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
April 18, 2003
Materials:
Aluminum (metal), Bark (plant material), and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flasks (bottles)
Production date:
1966 - 1976
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 38.5 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: No mark on the base. Condition: Loose lid, slightly dented foot, wear on the body.