Framed Vintage Chinese East West Advertisement, circa 1920

This advertising calendar poster dated from 1920 for the "Chinese and Western Medicine Pharmacy" melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Compared to other Western influenced advertisements of the era featuring seductive women, posters like this one captivated consumers with the latest fashion trends. We see a woman with a Western hair cut...

This vintage poster from the 1930s features a fashionably dressed young mother posing with her son and daughter. The poster may have been given as a g...

This framed advertising poster from the 1930s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the Craft of color lithography. These advertisements, influenced by the...

This poster from the 1930s draws from a well known Chinese opera scene. It melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. These advertisements, influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west, recall the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade. Layered with imagery of traditional Chinese life, the poster is nonetheless an advertisement for the modern cigarette industry, with several brands displayed in the top left corner, including Lan Ting, Hong Chun, and Jade Rabbit...

Early 19th century hand colored engraving of Chinese life. Original print from "The punishments of China" illustrated by twenty-two engravings by Mason, George Henry; Dadley, J. P. P...

Pair Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints A Pair Early 20th Century Japanese Framed Woodblock Prints Of Old Masterpiec...

Beautiful Chinese silk scroll painting of a peacock surrounded by stunning foliage with calligraphy on the upper left side. Housed in its original...

Japanese 19th Century Woodblock Print of Kabuki Actors Toyokuni III Original Woodcut by Toyokuni III (1786 - 1864) Of the Kabuki actors Bando Hikosab...