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A COLLECTION OF BISCUIT PORCELAIN BUSTS The busts are part of a hoard of 400 such figurines discov-
OF CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG ered on the Sino-Tibetan border. The busts were intended
1966-1967 for official distribution to the outlying villages of the South
East corner of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. They were
each inscribed ‘Long Live Chairman Mao’ shipped via Kunming to Lijiang, repacked into packhorse
(25) baskets, then transported by horse to Zhong Dian on the
18 cm, 7 in.
Yunnan/Tibet border. The baskets were placed in a store-
PROVENANCE room in the police station, forgotten about and rediscovered
after the 1998 earthquake destroyed the building.
Peter Wain.
This porcelain ‘Official Issue’ bust was the only sculptured
EXHIBITED image to be distributed to all official buildings throughout
Others from the same hoard: Mao: Art For The Masses, China.
Revolutionary Art of the Mao Zedong Era, 1950-1976,
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, May 3003 - March
2004, cat. no. 32.
W £ 1,000-2,000
HK$ 10,500-20,900 US$ 1,350-2,700
1966至1967年 毛澤東瓷像一組二十五件

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《Mao: Art For The Masses, Revolutionary Art of the Mao
Zedong Era, 1950-1976》，蘇格蘭國家博物館，愛丁
堡，2003至2004年，編號32

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