⧉Image Washbasin: Hydrogen Bomb Design
- Title
- Hydrogen bomb enamel washbasin
- Date
- 1969-04
- Creator
- The Masses Beijing Daily Enamel Factory (Dazhong Beijingshi riyong tangcichang 大众北京市日用搪瓷厂)
- Publisher
- N/A
- Rights
- Catalog no 70.3/7938 Courtesy of the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
- Description
An enamel factory in Beijing produced this washbasin decorated with the mushroom cloud from China’s first successful explosion of a thermonuclear bomb on 17 June 1967.
The inscription in red characters reads 'Enthusiastically celebrating the successful detonation of our nation’s hydrogen bomb' (Relie huanhu woguo qingdan baozha chenggong 热烈欢呼我国氢弹爆炸成功).