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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2022 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 837
  27 Mar 2022 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 838 - 1531
• Lot #:
  739
• Lot Description:
  Cylindrical vase, decorated with Cultural Revolution transfer prints of paramount leader Mao Zedong
  and Lin Biao, his then second-in-command and designated successor but who died in a plane crash in September 1971 in Mongolia after the discovery of a plot to remove Mao. He was posthumously condemned as a traitor. Beneath the image of the pair it reads “Chairman Mao and his close comrade Lin Biao inspect the army of the Cultural Revolution”. On the reverse it reads “Chairman Mao quotation / Grasp the revolution and promote production”,
  12.5cm high, 5.3cm diameter
• Provenance:
  Michael Backman, London 2011
• Estimate:
  A$150 - 250
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Affordable Oriental

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