Anonymous - Shanghai Hua's Pharmacy Advertisement - 1930s

Original Chinese Shanghai Pharmacy Advertising Poster – Elegant Woman – Art Deco Style – c. 1930s
Description
Original vintage Chinese advertising poster issued by Shanghai Huayishi Pharmacy (上海華壹氏大藥房), dating approximately from the 1930s.
The poster features an elegant young woman in period dress, surrounded by Chinese advertising text for a number of pharmaceutical and health products sold by the pharmacy.
Among the products advertised are:
- 去熱散
- 敵積丹
- 健腦靈
- 十滴水
The composition is characteristic of Chinese commercial poster art from the Republican-era period, combining a glamorous female portrait with product advertising and traditional Chinese typography.
The central female figure, warm muted colours and decorative composition show clear influence from the fashionable commercial illustration styles associated with 1930s Shanghai advertising.
Period: approximately 1930s
Origin: China
Place associated with advertisement: Shanghai
Advertiser: Shanghai Huayishi Pharmacy / 上海華壹氏大藥房
Subject: Pharmaceutical / health-product advertising
Style: Art Deco-influenced commercial advertising
Dimensions: approximately 50 × 76 cm
Material: Printed paper
Condition:
Used vintage condition with visible age-related patina, folds, handling marks and wear along the edges and corners. There are some surface marks and signs of age, but the central image remains attractive and the colours retain good visual presence.
Please study the photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.
This is an attractive example of early Chinese commercial advertising and would appeal to collectors of Chinese graphic design, Shanghai-era advertising, pharmaceutical memorabilia and Art Deco-influenced Asian ephemera.