CHINESE LABEL ART:1900-1976

Combining wonderful graphics with fascinating history, this book is a showcase of outstanding Chinese label, packaging, and advertising art created between 1900 and 1976. These stunning images originated in Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, and other cities largely populated by Chinese people but having commercial ties to the West. Export and domestic products include tea, medicine, food, cosmetics, cigarettes, dyes, matches, phonograph records, firecrackers, religious items, and more. Their labeling presents a mixture of traditional imagery and ornamentation blended with Western culture and merchandising. Over 400 visually captivating images make this an important resource of artists, designers, historians, and merchants alike.