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tea glass
The tea glass is decorated with brown, red and white decal with plum blossom and a poem from "Poems by Mao Zedong" [in Chinese characters, Mao Zedong shici]. Mao's poem "Ode to the Plum Blossom" [in Chinese characters, Yong Mei] is written in black…
tea glass
The glass commemorates the Third National Games in Beijing, 1975. It features a decoration of a man in mid-air competing in hurdling. Below the figure are long white lines suggesting track and field, interrupted by a lozenge symbol signifying the…
teapot with attached lid
The front decoration depicts the famous story "Sima Guang smashing a water jar to save a friend" ("Sima Guang za gang"). The back features a close-up image of plum blossom. The decoration was first outlined with decal and sprayed with a coat of…