PVA04 - Vintage 1930s Chinese Poster for Pair Belles Cigarettes

Pair Belles was a well-known Chinese cigarette brand. Pre-War Shanghai posters are a distinct genre, The use of erotica to advertise cigarettes and other products occurred for a brief period of time, when styles from Chinese art of the late 19th century and Western Art Nouveau and Art Deco in the early 20th Century were blended into the Shanghai equivalent of pin-up posters.