Chinese Mao Zedong Standing Figure Wit

Open-necked shirt, hand on hip, cap in the other hand, and a small square base.

This Mao Zedong standing figure wit is from Hebei Province, China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. After Mao's death in 1976, the Communist Party began a process of de-Mao-ization, and much memorabilia was destroyed, statues were taken down, and many badges were collected and melted into functional objects. A white standing figure in a loose short-sleeved shirt and wide trousers, one hand on the hip and the other holding a cap. The glaze is thin and even, with a slight yellow cast near the feet. It is 3 inches wide, 3 deep and 10.75 high.

Dressed for a summer stroll and a formal photograph.