Snuff Bottle
1972 (made)
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White porcelain snuff bottle of oblong form, with squared sides and sloping shoulder. Green stopper. Small oval footring, round mouth with even sides. Painted on one side with crossed Chinese and American flags, bound with red tie. On the other, black and white images (taken from photographs) of Chairman Mao Zedong and President Richard Nixon.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Brief description | Porcelain snuff bottle with green stone stopper, with decoration in overglaze enamels; China, 1972 |
| Physical description | White porcelain snuff bottle of oblong form, with squared sides and sloping shoulder. Green stopper. Small oval footring, round mouth with even sides. Painted on one side with crossed Chinese and American flags, bound with red tie. On the other, black and white images (taken from photographs) of Chairman Mao Zedong and President Richard Nixon. |
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| Object history | Almost certainly produced to commemorate the visit of Richard Nixon to China on February 21, 1972. The visit was the first major event in the "normalisation" of relations between China and the U.S., brokered behind the scenes by Henry Kissinger and Zhou Enlai, following initial moves of "ping-pong diplomacy" when the U.S. table-tennis team visited China on a goodwill mission in April 1971. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China. London: Hutchison, 1990, pp. 629-633. |
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| Accession number | FE.67:1, 2-1996 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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