the deep U-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to an angled shoulder and short neck, set to one side with an elegant curved spout and to the other with a loop handle, transfer-decorated to one side with Li Tiemei holding aloft a red lantern, the reverse with a seven-character inscription, the domed cover with five-character inscription which may be translated as 'Long Live Chairman Mao', 23cm wide

Footnote: 'The Legend of the Red Lantern is one of the Eight model plays, the only operas and ballets permitted during the Cultural Revolution in China.

20世紀70年代 上繪《紅燈記》茶壺連蓋