Chinese Kettle with Cultural Revolution Motif

A little teapot with a red sun rising from a hand-painted sea of green waves.

This kettle with cultural revolution motif is from China, and dates to the mid 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. A white teapot with a looped, scrolled handle and a long curved spout with a small chip at the tip. A large red sun with green wave strokes and brushed characters decorates the body, and a small inscription rings the lid. It is 9 inches wide, 5.25 deep and 7 high.

Pours tea beneath a very enthusiastic red sun.