Caption
Procession with a Dancing Dragon, unknown artist, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Jiajiang; subject: dragons, dances; graphic print; height 20.5 cm, width 41.0 cm., A rectangular artwork with a yellow background bordered by patterned bands shows a group of people performing a dragon dance and playing instruments. The dragon is long and sinuously coiled with a red and yellow patterned body and teal scales and accents, held up on poles by performers wearing garments in colors including orange, teal, black, white, and pink; the performers have stylized faces and black hair or headwear. Several figures hold circular drums or cymbals in shades of yellow and black, while others hold tall lantern-like objects colored teal and orange. A large ornate stand or vessel in teal, orange, and yellow sits near the center with decorative elements rising from it. The border along the bottom features repeating diamond motifs in red, teal, yellow, and orange, and the outer edges show a pale beige margin. Overall visible colors include yellow, red, orange, teal, black, white, pink, and beige.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A20_076
License type
Rights managed
Available size
53.8Mb (3.6Mb) / 18.7in x 11.2in / 5616 x 3351 (300dpi)