Twenty-six Chinese wares used by late Chairman Mao Zedong, one of
the founders of the People's Republic of China, will appear in a
fine Chinese products show scheduled from September 9-24 in
Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
These utensils include Chinese dishes, bowls, spoons, tea
accessories and smoking sets. They have been selected from three
sets of Chinese wares specially made for Mao. Each set consists of
over 300 utensils.
Deng Lidong, chairman of the Dongjie China Co. Ltd, and sponsor of
the show, said that the products were produced in the middle and
late 1970s in Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province.
Sixty-seven Chinese wares used by Mao were sold for 8.04 million
yuan (some US$960,000) at an auction on January 14, 1997. An
ashtray of Mao was auctioned for US$13,000.
A
group of stone statues belonging to Mao as well as souvenirs will
also be put on show.
(21dnn.com)