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Mao badge

Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-19.75

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Title
Mao badge
Medium
146 political badges of various shapes and sizes pinned on a T-shirt with a silkscreened image of Mao Zedong in pigtails by Zhang Hongtu
Dimensions
badge: 1.9 cm. h (3/4 in., max) x 3.3 cm. w (1 5/16 in.); overall: ca. 77 x ca. 90 cm. (30 5/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Zhang Hongtu
Object Number
2009-19.75
Description
Irregularly shaped, 1.9 cm. h (max) x 3.3 cm. w. Gold plus white & red enamel. Small gold Mao in roundel at top with striated gold border & granulated red ground; roundelle rests on top of open book, the background of which is white with an inscription: “斗私 | 批修”. Outside of this = drapery form hanging from rods at top with tassles along lower edge & 1 center tassel that seems to gather fabric behind. Back: flat; inscription: “毛主席万岁” “工艺”.
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Subject
revolutions

–2009 Collection of Zhang Hongtu (Woodside, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.

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