Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian with deities He He, protective deities iconography, Chinese culture, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Jiajiang, graphic print, height 40.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, An illustrated scene showing a large stylized figure wearing an ornate headdress and armor in bright orange, teal, black, yellow, and red, with a prominent orange face, black beard, and bold black eyebrows; the figure holds a long pole or weapon with decorative elements including teal and yellow flags and a round black-and-white disk, and is surrounded by swirling patterned garments and ornamental details in orange and teal with black outlines; at the base are a group of smaller figures in teal, black, orange, and yellow robes with expressive faces and hands holding bowls or objects, and the whole composition sits on a pale beige paper background with a slightly darker beige border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_084

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.3Mb (4.9Mb) / 11.3in x 18.7in / 3377 x 5616 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian deities protective iconography Chinese culture nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Jiajiang graphic print height 40.0 cm width 22.5 cm illustrated scene showing large stylized figure wearing ornate headdress armor bright orange teal black yellow red prominent orange face black beard bold black eyebrows figure holds long pole weapon decorative elements yellow flags round black- -white disk surrounded swirling patterned garments ornamental details black outlines base group smaller figures yellow robes expressive faces hands holding bowls objects whole composition sits pale beige paper background slightly darker beige border.