Chinese Cultural Revolution Medallion

Grey profile floats above a red wave of banners and a rooftop.

This cultural revolution medallion is from 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. Thin gold edges the white medallion, with some rubbing at the rim. The head faces left in black and grey, and an orange-red band of flags and a small pavilion roof sweeps across the bottom. It is 1.6 inches in diameter.

Banners billowing in a very small breeze.