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Lot 531

A set of twenty-four Chinese bisque porcelain busts of Mao Zedong circa 1966-67 Each inscribed...

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Lot 531

A set of twenty-four Chinese bisque porcelain busts of Mao Zedong
circa 1966-67
Each inscribed...

Price Realised: £1,050

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 531

Description

A set of twenty-four Chinese bisque porcelain busts of Mao Zedong

circa 1966-67

Each inscribed 'Long Live Chairman Mao' in cursive script, 18cm high, in pack-horse basket (24).

Provenance: Peter Wain

Cf. A set from the same hoard was exhibited: "Mao: Art For The Masses, Revolutionary Art of the Mao Zedong Era, 1950-1976", National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, May 2003 - March 2004, cat. no. 32.

A hoard of 400 bisque porcelain busts of Chairman Mao were discovered on the Sino-Tibetan border in an area regarded as the inspiration for Shangri-La.

Originally intended for distribution throughout the South Eastern corner of Tibet, they were packed into baskets and transported by horse to Zhong Dian on the Yunnan Tibet border. The baskets were stored awaiting distribution in a police station but never made it any further, languishing forgotten until 1998 when the building was destroyed by an earthquake. The busts miraculously survived, protected by their transit baskets and straw wadding.

The design of the bust was officially sanctioned, being the only sculptural image of Mao made for distribution to official buildings in China. The majority of the hoard was bought by the late Peter Wain, before being shipped to the UK.

二十世紀中期 毛主席瓷塑半身像一組二十四尊

類似一組瓷塑像展覽於:大眾藝術:毛澤東期間的革命藝術",蘇格蘭博物館,愛丁堡,2003年5月至2004年3月,圖錄編號32。

來源:彼得·韋恩先生私人收藏

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