Lot 377: Propaganda Poster Set Zhou Enlai China Communist Party PRC

Set of 5 original vintage Chinese propaganda posters. 1. Photograph of an Italian photographer Giorgio Lotti (b.1937), depicting Premier Zhou En Lai dressed in an iconic Mao Suit, seen seated in an armchair looking into the distance with a cup of tea in front of him. Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served under Chairman Mao Zedong as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 until his death in January 1976. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, crease marks, bumps on edges. Country of issue: China, designer: Giorgio Lotti, size (cm): 37.5x49.5, year of printing: 1979; 2. blank sheet for certificates featuring images of a Red Star, red Communist flags, with a frame of wheat and peonies symbolising wealth and prosperity, electric power lines, construction and a train. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, folds, red elements are made of soft felt. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 27x39, year of printing: 1950s; 3. blank sheet for Certificate of Commendation featuring images of a Red Star, and red Communist flags, with a frame of wheat and a plant in the centre, gas and coal plants, agricultural fields, dam, and rice fields bove. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, small tears. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 26x39, year of printing: 1950s; 4. blank sheet possibly used for a certificate with an image of a steamship on the water, a bridge with trucks and a train, a golden wheat frame, and Communist flags with a red star above. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 27x38, year of printing: 1950s; 5. certificate sheet commemorating Honourable Retirement, featuring a green field in the foreground with electric power lines and a bridge going towards an industrial setting with factories, Communist flags and a red star above, held in an ornate frame. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, red elements are made of soft felt. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 27x39, year of printing: 1950s.