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1944.5.18.2

Porcelain tea cup and lid [.1 - .2]. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]

1944.5.18.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Porcelain tea cup and lid [.1 - .2]. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]
Long description
Porcelain tea cup and lid [.1 - .2]. The 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 handle. There is a seal script stamped maker's mark in the foot. The lid is painted orange with white foliage and Chinese characters on the exterior and glazed white on the interior. [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 Painted, Process Glazed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 98 mm Total, Diameter: max 98 mm, Diameter: max 89 mm, Height: max 82 mm Total, Height: max 57 mm, Height: max 27 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1944.5.18.2 Other PRM accession number: 1944.5.18b
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]

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