Jiang Qing mirror
Jiang Qing mirror

Currently not on view

Jiang Qing mirror,

ca. 1972–76

Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2016-82

Information

Title
Jiang Qing mirror
Dates

ca. 1972–76

Medium
Glass, wood, and metal nails
Dimensions
63.5 × 43.5 cm (25 × 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfreda Murck, Graduate School Class of 1995
Object Number
2016-82
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Inscribed: Our literature and art is in the service of workers, peasants, and soldiers….. (我們的文學藝術是為工農兵服務的….. women de wenxue yishu shi wei gong nong bing fuwu de…..)
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
mirrors, furniture
Materials
glass, wood, metal
Subject
portraits, political art, women, figures (representations)

2001 or 2002 Panjiayuan Antique Market (Beijing, China), sold to Alfreda Murck (Beijing, China), 2001.
2001–2016 Alfreda Murck (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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