Panel

Description

Textile panel of machine-woven silk depicting young Mao Zedong striding through a mountainous landscape to the city of Anyuan to lead a miners' strike in the 1920s, with an inscription at the bottom 'Chairman Mao goes to Anyuan', produced as a piece of Cultural Revolution art: China, Jiangxi Silk Factory, 1968 - 1976

Museum reference

V.2007.17

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Panel

Production information

Jiangxi Silk Factory
China, East Asia

Date

1950 - 1976

Style / Culture

Cultural Revolution (Great Proletarian), People's Republic of China, Chinese
People's Republic of China, Chinese

Materials

Silk

Associations

Depicted: Mao Zedong, 1893 - 1976
Chinese Cultural Revolution
Cold War

Exhibitions

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

On display

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

Credit

Gifted by Mr Peter Wain