1944.5.18.3.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Porcelain tea cup. The lid associated with this cup is 1944.5.18 .3 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]

Long description

Porcelain tea cup. This cup is painted orange with white flowers and Chinese characters on the exterior and glazed white on the interior. There is a seal script stamped maker's mark in the foot. The lid associated with this cup is 1944.5.18 .3 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]

Geographical reference

China

Asia > Eastern Asia > China

Xinjiang

Person

Field collector Marc Aurel Stein

PRM source The Estate of Marc Aurel Stein

PRM source Helen Mary Allen

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1906-1908

Date collected

By 1906 - 1908

Acquisition information

Donated: 1944

Materials and processes

Material Porcelain Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Glazed, Process Painted

Dimensions

Diameter: max 98 mm, Height: max 56 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1944.5.18.3.1 Other PRM accession number: 1944.5.18c

Research and responses

One letter in the PRM manuscripts collection (Penniman Papers) from Stein which might explain his connection to the PRM. It is written to the curator of the time, Mr Penniman, dated June 6 1937: "22 Manor Place, Oxford. Dear Mr Penniman, I remember with pleasure our meeting at Kish in January 1929 and am glad to know you are now looking after anthropology here. It would have been a satisfaction to me to be of some little help to your future pupil as regard to his proposed visit to Lazistan. But I have never been anywhere near that tract(?) on the Black Sea and not knowing in what direction his interests lie I do not think that I could give any useful hints within the very limited time just now at my disposal, anyhow by writing. I have returned from a long journey in Iran and am about to seek some needful rest in the Cotswolds. But later on I hope for a chance of seeing you again. Yours sincerely, A. Stein. " [AS 10/12/2009]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Vessel, Pottery, Tea Accessory, Cup, Food Accessory