Vintage Calendar Advertisement Poster

This vintage poster printed in 1932 melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west, posters like this recall the economic boom of early 20th-century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade. Today, this type of poster is prized by collectors and preserved in museum collections for its artistry and for the unique glimpse it gives of the past.