Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Jiajiang, Chinese art, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, graphic print, height 29.0 cm, width 16.0 cm., A tall vertical image shows a stylized black-and-white ink illustration of a robed figure holding a long staff above their head. The figure has a large dark beard and bold facial features rendered in black against the white background, with flowing garments composed of layered panels and ornamental elements. The staff has a segmented pattern and the figure’s hand grasps it near one end while the other arm and accessories create a sense of movement. The clothing includes sashes, rounded shapes, and decorative tassels, and the lower robes flare over stylized footwear. The overall palette is black ink on an off-white or cream paper with subtle aging tones around the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_074

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.2Mb (3.4Mb) / 10.2in x 18.7in / 3069 x 5598 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Jiajiang Chinese art Menshen Gate Guardian iconography graphic print height 29.0 cm width 16.0 cm tall vertical image stylized black- -white ink illustration robed figure holding long staff head figure large dark beard bold facial features rendered black white background flowing garments composed layered panels ornamental elements staff segmented pattern figure’s hand grasps near arm accessories create sense movement clothing includes sashes rounded shapes decorative tassels lower robes flare stylized footwear palette black ink off-white cream paper subtle aging tones edges.