It is a hand-carved wooden chop of the “Great Joint Committee” for the Postal Service of Luan city in Anhui Province. Ink is commonly red and the wood clearly shows the ink stain.
Chops are used for official business and you can how they are used here.
The Artzeum logo was designed to resemble an official chop.
Below is a view of the whole chop.
Stamps are usually referred to as “chops” in English. They are used in official business and are equivalent to a signature.
The two buttons on the left are the same image, the colored one is 2″ (5 cm) in diameter and the smaller one is 1.5“ (3.8 cm). The back of the large button reads, “Celebrate Chairman Mao Longevity and Limitlessness.” The button on the right…
Quote by Lin Biao 林彪 reads, ”The Supreme Directive: The people, and only the people, are the motive force in shaping world history.” View of the base below.
It is a military book bag with the characters 为人民服务 “Service to the People” hand-embroidered on the flap. You can see a similar bag in the print here.