Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People’s Republic of China, which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Below you can see a view of the back. The characters at the top 北京 say “Beijing.”
A ceramic bust of Mao Zedong. This may have been seen setting on a desk or a shelf around the home.
This is a rice bowl from the period of “Learn from Dazhai” a movement to follow the agricultural example of Dazhai county.
Norman Bethune was a Canadian surgeon who volunteered to help the People’s Liberation Army in the 1930s. Mao held him up as a model for emulation. See an animated storybook of Norman Bethune here and another collection of storybook pages here.
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…