Household Items 家用品

A small brass mirror replica with a dragon effigy.

A quality replica of a bronze mirror used by women in classical China. Below you can see the reflection of the sitting Buddha in the mirror.

The flag pin on the left is from the Beijing Workers Representative Union. On the bottom it says, 为人名服务 “Service to the people.” Year: 1967. Dimensions: 1″ x 1″ (2.5 cm x 2.5 cm). Place of origin: Beijing. The brass pin in the middle is…

The button on the left shows Mao’s silhouette against the map of China on a globe. On the back, it shows the date as 1968 and a semi-undecipherable slogan, ? ? 呼全国一片红 “The whole country is red.” During this time period, in 1968, there was…

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…

A silkscreened armband with the characters 红卫兵，Red Guard printed on it. See similar armbands here. Below is the same armband that was handstitched, most likely by a family member.

This type of hat was the most common during the Cultural Revolution and was worn with the typical red “five-star.” See a poster with an image of Mao wearing the same type of hat here.

A 3D desktop photo of 白毛女 “The White-Haired Woman,” one of the Eight Model Operas.

New artwork applied to traditional pieces.

The characters 为人名服务 “Service to the People,” written by Lin Biao. Image of the back of the badge has the characters 包头, the place of origin “Baotou.”