Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Chinese, Jiajiang, graphic print, height 29.0 cm, width 16.0 cm., A black-and-white ink illustration of a person wearing a patterned robe and a hat, shown full-length on a pale beige background. The figure has a stylized mustache and eyebrows rendered in black, with facial features defined by bold black strokes. The hat is black with a flowing ribbon-like element extending from it. The robe features dense short black hatch marks and rows of circular black shapes along the collar and front, with decorative patterns on the sleeves and hem that include bold black diagonal stripes. The figure’s hands are visible near the chest and at the side, and a small decorative object with black markings hangs near one hand. The overall palette is black on off-white and pale beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_072

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.6Mb (3.9Mb) / 9.9in x 18.7in / 2961 x 5616 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Chinese Jiajiang graphic print height 29.0 cm width 16.0 cm black- -white ink illustration person wearing patterned robe hat shown full-length pale beige background figure stylized mustache eyebrows rendered black facial features defined bold black strokes flowing ribbon- element extending robe features dense short black hatch marks rows circular black shapes collar front decorative patterns sleeves hem include bold black diagonal stripes figure’s hands visible near chest side small decorative object black markings hangs near hand palette off-white pale beige.