Chinese Mao Zedong Lapel Pin

Broad grin above a bridge hung with red banners.

This Mao Zedong lapel pin is from China, and dates to the 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. Smiling and capped in grey with a red star, the figure rises over a round white ground. Below, a long bridge with small red flags crosses loose ink-like rocks and branches in feathery strokes. It is 2 inches in diameter.

Cheerful, and surprisingly well landscaped for a button.