mug

Title

mug

Creator

unknown Chinese

metalworker; enameler

Chinese

People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Date

c. 1958-1959

Type

drinking vessel

work

Medium

porcelain enamel

metal

pressing; high firing

Extent

8.25 cm (3 1/4 inches) [diameter at mouth]; 8 cm (3 3/16 inches) [height]

Identifier

SC-17-01

SC-17-01.jpg

Rights

To request permission to publish or reproduce this work, please contact the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.

Description

The front of the white body is stenciled with a slogan in black, "Grasp revolution, promise production" [in Chinese characters - Zhua geming cu shengchan]. The mug is decorated with a countryside scene of a red tractor in a green field and a red sun in a yellow sky; pink flower blossoms frame the foreground. The image is flanked by red geometrical frames. A black bowstring decorates the rim.

pictorial mark: The Masses Construction Brand, Shenyang Enamel Factory [in Chinese characters - Dazhong Jianshe pai Shenyang shi tangei chang]

on bottom of mug

This object was acquired by the donor at Panjaiyuan, Wang Zhanhua of Shenyang on August 28, 2005

Subject

cultural artifacts; propaganda

Source

Donor's notes

Publisher

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. State University of New York at New Paltz (New Paltz, New York, United States)

Study Collection. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

Relation

http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sdma/id/5109

Coverage

Cultural Revolution

modern Chinese styles and periods