bowl

5114

Dublin Core

Title

bowl

Creator

unknown Chinese
ceramicist; glazer (applying glaze)
Chinese
People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Date

1969

Type

bowl (vessel)
work

Medium

porcelain (material); glaze
ceramics (object genre); ceramic process; glazing (coating)

Extent

16 cm (6 1/3 inches) [circumference at mouth]; 5.5 cm (2 3/16 inches) [height]

Identifier

SC-17-15
SC-17-15
SC-17-15.jpg

Rights

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

Description

Five hand-brushed black characters on the upper part of the outer body form a slogan: "The Revolutionary committee is good" {in Chinese characters - geming weiyuan hui hao]. Each character is framed by a decal or stamp of a purple ring and three sunflowers with yellow centers and green leaves. Decorative flourishes join the separate images.
kiln mark on bottom of bowl: Zi River porcelain factory, Hunan 1969 [in Chinese characters - Hunan Zijiang cichang 1969]; interior of bowl has the Chinese character "yu."
This article was acquired by the donor on February 15, 2003

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/5114

Coverage

Cultural Revolution
modern Chinese styles and periods
People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Provenance

Gift of Alfreda Murck

Artwork Item Type Metadata

URL

http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sdma/id/5114