Chinese Mao Zedong Circular Lapel Pin

Product ID: A0305-265
China
20th C.
Metal
1.5"Dia
$42.00

About this piece

No rim at all, just a big head and a tiny kneeling figure below.

This Mao Zedong circular lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is metal. Propaganda posters of the era generally pictured a utopian society, with smiling farmers, brave soldiers and happy people gathered around Mao, who was cast as a benevolent father and wise teacher. Large profile head leans out from a deep red disc with no raised border. At the foot, a small kneeling figure sits on a scalloped bank of cloud shapes. The silvery relief shows a few iridescent patches. It is 1.5 inches in diameter.

Big head, little figure, and no apology for the scale.

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