Chinese Mao Zedong Standing Figure

A tall standing figure in a buttoned jacket and long trousers on a lettered plinth.

This Mao Zedong standing figure is from Hebei Province, China, and dates to the 20th century. It is porcelain. Badges and lapel pins bearing Mao's face were produced by the billions, and Mao himself called a halt to production in 1969 because the metal used was seen as wasteful. A slender white figure stands upright with arms at his sides, wearing a buttoned jacket over loose trousers. The square base carries raised characters on its front face, and the glaze is smooth with slight discoloration at the corners. It is 8 inches wide, 7.75 deep and 27 high.

Posture so square the base barely needed to be.