MAO AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK RARE UNIFICATION STATUE 2001

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MAO AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK
RARE UNIFICATION STATUE 2001
YOU ARE BIDDING ON
ON A RARE “UNIFICATION” STATUE OF
MAO ZEDONG AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK FROM 2001
2001 WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR COMMUNIST CHINA,
THEY WERE SELECTED AS THE HOST
FOR THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
AND WERE GRANTED
NORMAL TRADE STATUS WITH THE USA.
SO, THEY WANTED TO SHOW THAT THEY
COULD PLAY NICE WITH
THE NATIONALIST CHINESE
WHO THEY HAD DRIVEN
FROM THE MAINLAND TO TAIWAN IN 1950.
AND FOR A WHILE YOU SAW STATUES
OF THE TWO LEADERS FOR SALE
EVERYWHERE IN BEIJING –
THEN THEY WEREN'T!
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES SOURED
AND THE SO-CALLED "UNITY STATUES" VANISHED
NOW, WITH TENSIONS CURRENTLY HIGHER THAN EVER,
THE SWORD RATTLING ALMOST DEAFENING
THIS STATUE IS NOT ONLY A RARITY, BUT SOON TO BE
AS HIGHLY COLLECTABLE AS THE KEWPIE DOLLS
IN SA UNIFORMS THAT THE NAZIS SOLD AT TRAIN STATION
WHEN THE
PARTY WAS FIRST STARTING OUT.
I BROUGHT THIS ONE BACK FROM CHINA IN 2001,
PUT IT IN A TRUNK AND
THERE IT’S BEEN EVER SINCE.
THIS HAND PAINTED CLAY STATUE
STANDS ABOUT TEN INCHES TALL
AND IS IN MINT CONDITION.
BUT PLEASE EXAMINE THE PHOTOS
CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING.
SHIPPING AND HANDLING WILL BE .95
INTERNATIONAL BIDS ARE WELCOMED, BUT THE SHIPPING FEES
WILL DEPEND ON THE BIDDER'S COUNTRY.
(SORRY, POSTAL RATES ARE JUST TOO MUCH OF A HASSLE),
AND LOCAL PICK UPS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
THANKS FOR LOOKING!
AND HERE’S YOUR QUOTE OF THE DAY:
EXCELLENCE IS AN ART WON BY TRAINING AND HABITUATION:
WE DO NOT ACT RIGHTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE VIRTUE OR EXCELLENCE,
BUT WE RATHER HAVE THESE BECAUSE WE HAVE ACTED RIGHTLY;
'THESE VIRTUES ARE FORMED IN MAN BY HIS DOING THE ACTIONS';
WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO.
EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT AN ACT BUT A HABIT
.
WILL DURANT