A bowl from the “Learn from Dazhai” movement. Below you can see more views from the top and bottom.
This is a rice bowl from the period of “Learn from Dazhai” a movement to follow the agricultural example of Dazhai county.
The wording on the base reads, 毛主席万岁 ”Long live Chairman Mao.” View of the back with calligraphy by Mao below. Two sentences from a longer poem by Mao： “四海翻腾云水怒，五洲震荡风雷激。” English translation: “The four seas are stirred up by angry clouds and waves; The five continents…
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.
Woman’s handcrafted embroidered shoes with a hand-embroidered flower design. Note the delicate stitching along the edges and on the toe of the shoes. These shoes have never been worn. Below you can see a close up view of the embroidery and delicate stitching. Below is…