Antikbar Original Vintage Posters
Lot 148
Original vintage travel brochure poster for Bangkok fly there by Qantas featuring colourful scenic illustrations of notable and historic places and views including buddhist temples and a classical dancer in traditional costume, a royal state barge on a river, the floating market with sellers on boats by wooden stilt buildings, the royal Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall and equestrian statue of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), the University of Moral Science (established 1934; now Thammasat University), the sacred Emerald Buddha and the golden Kinnari statue at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the elephant statue at the Chakri Hall Grand Palace, a worker at the venomous snake houses at the Pasteur Institute (a research snake farm at the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute; since 1912), the buildings and trees along the city's main Rajdamnern Avenue (Ratchadamnoen Avenue) and a man rowing a boat on the Chao Phraya River in front of the pre-17th century Temple of Dawn (Wat Arun), the title text above. Excellent condition, light folds, text from reverse visible, backed on linen. Country of issue: Australia, designer: Sellheim, size (cm): 44x37, year of printing: 1960s.
