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Mao and the Arts of New China
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP 
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From the Collection of Peter & Susan Wain Red Detachment of Women ceramic table lamp, the female military figure in balletic pose, porcelain, 250mm. high, unmarked, electrical fittings removed, c.1966-76.***The Red Detachment of Women, written in 1960, became one of Jiang Qing's model ballets during the cultural revolution. Set on Hainan Island in the 1930s, it tells of daughter-in-law of a wealthy family who rejects her privileged life to become company leader of an all-woman unit of the Red Army. Such model plays were banned in the years shortly after the Cultural Revolution. . ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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