Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian in civilian costume, Chinese, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Jiajiang, graphic print, height 40.3 cm, width 25.0 cm, An illustration of a robed figure standing against a light beige background, wearing an ornate headdress with gold and black elements and small red shapes, a purple face with black eyebrows and red lips, and layered robes dominated by orange, turquoise, yellow, blue, and black with swirling patterns, floral motifs, and striped hems; the figure holds a dark blue vessel and a pale rectangular object, has pale purple hands and visible shoes with black, white, and turquoise details, and the overall image shows textured paper with slight creases and a few small dark specks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_078

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.5Mb (3.3Mb) / 10.9in x 18.3in / 3270 x 5502 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian civilian costume Chinese Menshen Gate Guardian iconography nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Jiajiang graphic print height 40.3 cm width 25.0 cm illustration robed figure standing light beige background wearing ornate headdress gold black elements small red shapes purple face black eyebrows red lips layered robes dominated orange turquoise yellow blue black swirling patterns floral motifs striped hems figure holds dark blue vessel pale rectangular object pale purple hands visible shoes white turquoise details image textured paper slight creases small dark specks.