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A blue chain bowstring surrounds the top outer rim of the bowl. Under the bowstring there are two blue line drawings flanked by inscriptions: on one side of the bowl, a ship sails through stylized waves; on the other side there is a book in the…

The white bowl is decorated with a blue bowstring on the rim. A green geometric pattern frames the red inscription stenciled on the exterior. The inscription reads: "Do not live off past gains. Make new contributions" [in Chinese characters - Buyao…

The bowl has a stenciled decoration of junks sailing on the sea with great waves and a red sun on the horizon. On the reverse is an inscription: "Sailing on the sea depends on the helmsman" [in red Chinese characters - dahai hangxing kao duoshou].

The body is decorated with a green decal of four dancing women representing people from all over the world; on the reverse is a green decal with the slogan, "Listen to Chairman Mao's words [in Chinese characters - ting Mao zhuxi de hua]." There is a…

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…

The white ground is decorated with a transferred still life image of two ping pong rackets, red and green, with ribbons on the handles, and a white ping pong ball on a green surface representing a ping pong table. Colorful flowers and green leaves…

The white ground of this travel mug is stenciled with a red inscription and slogan on one side and an image of Tian'anmen gate and a decorative column on the other side. The slogan reads, "Serve the people around the world" [in Chinese characters -…

A mountainous scene is stenciled on a white ground on this travel mug. A red flag flies on the main peak. The red inscription on the upper right identifies the site as Mount Jinggang [in Chinese characters - Jinggangshan], a revolutionary sacred site…

On the top of the lid, on a red ground a boy wearing a Young Pioneer red kerchief looks up from his reading and gazes thoughtfully into the distance. His open book has a five-pointed red star. To the left are the inscription in Chinese characters…

The footed bowl is decorated on one outer side with three sunflowers facing a deep-pink sun at the upper right; the reverse outer side is inscribed in Chinese characters. A double blue bowstring runs around outer rim. This object was acquired by the…