Banquet menu signed by Mao Zedong sold at auction for $275 thousand – Kommersant
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The menu of the Chinese-Pakistani banquet of 1956, signed by former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, was sold at auction in the United States for $275 thousand, the agency reported. Associated Press with reference to the auction house PR Auction.
The menu was signed by many other Chinese “influential government figures,” the auction house said, including Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhou Enlai. The menu includes dishes from both countries, including Swallow’s Nest and Honey Fungus Consommé, Shark Fin in Brown Sauce and Roast Peking Duck.
The banquet on October 19, 1956 was organized on the occasion of the first visit of the Pakistani delegation to China led by Prime Minister Shahid Suhrawardy.
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