REDUCED Gold-Colored 2010 China Pavilion Shanghai Exposition Souvenir Building

Description

Large Gold-Colored 2010 China Pavilion Shanghai Exposition Souvenir Building
(May be lighted:
looks like a battery case etc. on the bottom.
I haven’t tried it.)
Featured in the December 2019 National Building Announcement of the Donation of
The David Weingarten Collection of 20
th
Century Souvenir Buildings.
Shanghai Expo. An exception to the 20th century parameters of the collection is this carefully wrought, painted pot metal replica of the theme building from the 2010 Shanghai Exposition. Flip a concealed switch and patterns of colored lights issue skyward.
From an online source:
The China Pavilion was the flagship of the Shanghai Expo pavilions. At 70 meters tall it is three times the height of other countries' pavilions, and was designed as a permanent structure for Shanghai. During the Expo itself it received 10 million of the total 73 million visitors, and this number was limited only by the capacity of the building. It has stayed open into 2011 to handle continuing demand for its Expo exhibition of China's recent and future progress.
The building is designed by He Jingtang, a 72-year-old Chinese architect and professor at the South China University of Technology's school of architecture. He previously designed the wrestling and badminton venues at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His design for the China Pavilion "mean[s] to show the spirit and face of the Chinese people against the background of a rising nation."
Name
China
Pavilion
Location
2010 Shanghai Exposition
Material
Pot Metal
Age
2010
Height
About 3” tall
on a 5” by 6” base
Condition
Excellent/Mint
Reads
expo 2010
shanghai china