45 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel mug. The white ground is stenciled with an image of a radiating red sun on the sea horizon, accompanied by green military ships and blue silhouettes of aircrafts. On each side of the sun is a red inscription: Sailing the sea depends of helmsman, making revolution depends on Mao Zedong Thought (大海航行靠舵手 干革命靠毛泽东思想Dahai hangxing kao duoshou gan geming kao Mao Zedong Sixiang). Brown bowstring decorates the rim.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
People's Republic of China
Production place:
Tianjin municipality, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 10 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Foot: The Masses Tianjin Lixin Enamel Factory, January 1969 (大众 天津市立新搪瓷厂 69. 1. 三. Dazhong Tianjin shi Lixin tangci chang). Condition: enamel chips and wear on the exterior. The interior is heavily stained.