Chinese Bust of Mao Zedong

Glossy white statesman in a peaked cap, with a few stray red specks for company.

This bust of Mao Zedong is from Hebei Province, China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. 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. Head and shoulders sit on a low plinth with raised characters across the front. The cap carries a small star, the jacket has two flap pockets and a high collar, and a scatter of red paint flecks marks the cap and collar. It is 9 inches wide, 5 deep and 11 high.

Smooth, serious, and a little freckled with red.