Mongolian Cultural Revolution Mirror

Across dark glass flutters a red flag with a tiny gold profile at its heart.

This cultural revolution mirror is from Hohhot, Mongolia, and dates to the mid 20th century. It is ink & glass. 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. Tall rectangular panel of dark mirrored glass sits inside a plain red-brown wooden frame. A painted red flag with a gold roundel and small profile head fills the upper corner, and columns of etched characters run beneath it. It is 19.25 inches wide, 0.25 deep and 25.25 high.

Reflective in more ways than one.