Fantastic Vintage Decorative Shanghai Style Advertising Posters

Zitantique has a fantastic collection of posters from the 1930’s Shanghai era, that you can buy. These decorative posters might make a good addition to an oriental vintage interior style, or you can simply check them online for a bit visual and cultural inspiration.

The poster above is a Twin Beauty brand cosmetics advert. See more examples below and a bit of information about the contexts.

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1928 Vintage Kwong Sang Hong (a company based in Hong Kong) advertising poster:

The following vintage poster was an advertisement for Leopard Eng Aun Tong Pharmacy company. This poster also features the creator’s signature, which indicated that this would have been a well known artist at the time, as only well known artists were allowed to sign their names during that period.

The sitting monk poster below is actually an advertisement for a calming medicine available in the thirties in China. This medicine supposedly had a very strong calming effect. As depicted in this advertisement, a monk is surrounded by seven scantily clad women and not tempted. The message is subtle but would have been clear to someone living at the time. Love it.

See more 1930’s Shanghai Advertising Posters on zitantique.com