Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Green jacket, orange profile, and a line of grey script among the blossoms.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. Cultural Revolution memorabilia, whether porcelain figures, buttons or posters, is described as reflecting pivotal moments in modern Chinese history and the lives swept up in that period, beyond the figure it portrays. Facing left, the head glows in warm orange tones above a green jacket with a red collar tab. Grey brushed characters and a small sprig of flowers sit at the lower right, inside a thin, slightly worn gold rim. It is 2 inches in diameter.

A portrait with a footnote in flowers.