Chinese Mao Zedong Standing Figure

A raised hand, a heavy overcoat, and a base that has seen better glazing.

This Mao Zedong standing figure is from Hebei Province, China, and dates to the 20th century. It is white metal. During the Cultural Revolution, the article says, Mao's portrait or statue stood in virtually every home, and people bowed before it and recited quotations from the small Little Red Book. A white standing figure in a long double-breasted coat, one arm raised in greeting and the other holding a cap at his side. The slab base is unglazed and gray, and the surface shows fine crazing. It is 13 inches wide, 13 deep and 45 high.

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