Vase

Description

Large vase of white porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, depicting Chairman Mao with an inscription wishing him long life, and with a poem entitled 'The Double Ninth' by Mao Zedong on the reverse: China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, by Jiangxi Company of Ceramic Industry, August 1968 AD

Museum reference

V.2009.230

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Vase

Production information

Jiangxi Company of Ceramic Industry, Manufacturer
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, East Asia
Mao Zedong, 1893 - 1976, Author of poem

Date

1968

Style / Culture

People's Republic of China, Chinese

Materials

Porcelain

Associations

Depicted: Mao Zedong, 1893 - 1976
Cold War

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Mao: Art for the Masses (01 May 2003 - 31 Mar 2004)
  National Museums of Scotland

References

Peter Wain and Susan Wain, Mao : Art for the Masses ; Revolutionary Art of the Mao Zedong Era 1950-1976 ; exhibition May 1st 2003-March 2004 National Museums of Scotland, Peter Wain, Anglesey, 2003, p. 31.

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, exploring east asia