Description
Historical Overview
This dramatic mid-century porcelain vase was produced during the height of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (circa 1968–1972). It serves as both fine decorative porcelain and historic political propaganda, commemorating key revolutionary milestones: the completion of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in 1968 and the sacred revolutionary pilgrimage site of Mao’s birthplace in Shaoshan.
Artwork & Stamped Text Translations
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Panel 1 — Quotations from Chairman Mao (毛主席语录):
“We Communists are like seeds, and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.”
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Panel 2 — Chairman Mao’s Latest Directive (毛主席最新指示):
“Do not always assume that you are right, as if truth belongs solely to you. Do not always believe that only you are capable and everyone else is incapable, as if without you, the earth would stop turning.” (Cited from the October 22, 1968 People’s Daily).
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Vignette 1: Mao Zedong’s ancestral home in Shaoshan (韶山) nestled in lush landscape.
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Vignette 2: The double-deck rail and road Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge celebrating its victorious engineering completion (南京长江大桥胜利建成).
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