18 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Object count:
1
Description:
Enamel mug. The front is stenciled with an oval image of a train running on a bridge through a mountainous region. The reverse features a red inscription, stating that the mug was made by the Newly Established Central Construction Bureau of the Railway Administration, No. 6 Construction Bureau, in commemoration of the opening of the Baoji-Chengdu route. Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle is partially decorated in black.
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
Xi'an, Shanxi province, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
September 29, 2007
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mugs (cups)
Production date:
1957
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Inscription: Pictorial mark on foot: Camel Brand, Produced by Regional State-operated Enamel Factory in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, April 1957 (陕西省西安市地方国营搪瓷厂出品 57.4 Shaanxi sheng Xi’an shi difang guoying tangci chang chupin) Condition: Cracks, enamel loss with repair.