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  • Collection: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

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The white interior of the shallow bowl is decorated with an image of a red steamship plunging through stylized blue waves; the sky is filled with yellow sunshine. The image evokes the theme of the Great Helmsman, Mao Zedong. The wide, flat rim is…

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This yellow shallow bowl is decorated with a red inscription around the flat rim which reads: "Victory Opera Troupe" [in Chinese characters - Shengli geju tuan]. The outer edge of the rim is decorated with a brown bowstring.

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This white bowl is decorated with a transfer of Mao's calligraphy in red, surrounded by a blue airplane and cloud pattern on the flat rim. The inscription reads: "Increase vigilance; defend the homeland" [in Chinese characters - Tigao jingti baowei…

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The white center of the bowl is printed with a quote from Chairman Mao's speech, delivered on August 10, 1966 to the Revolutionary masses in Beijing. It ends, "carry the Cultural Revolution through to the end." The flat rim is sprayed light blue. The…
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