mug with lid

Title

mug with lid

Creator

unknown Chinese

metalworker; enameler

Chinese

People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Date

late 1970s

Type

drinking vessel

work

Medium

porcelain enamel

metal

pressing; high firing

Extent

11.43 cm (4 1/2 inches) [diameter at mouth]; 15 cm (5 3/4 inches) [height with lid]; 10.79 cm (4 1/4 inches) [height without lid]

Identifier

SC-17-04a&b

SC-17-04a&b.jpg

Rights

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

Description

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 where Mao founded his revolutionary base area in 1927. A brown bowstring decorates the rims of the mug and lid. The edge of the lid is sprayed with pink pigment.

"The Masses [illegible]" [in Chinese characters - Dazhong ...]

on bottom of mug

This object was acquired by the donor at Curio City on January 14, 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/5110

Coverage

Cultural Revolution

modern Chinese styles and periods