Shop Signs of Imperial China

描述

Bold, gold calligraphy, three to five Chinese characters long, on a red board. You may have seen store names displayed this way in Chinatown, but did you know that this tradition of attention-getting signage traces back centuries in Imperial China? Learn more about these public works of art ranging from steam-bun sellers to bamboo-shoot peddlars to stores specialising in hemp-thread rope and more in this lavishly illustrated collection.