Dancing Beauty with a Swallow, unknown artist; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Mianzhu, China; Chinese art; subject: young woman dancing with a swallow, holding a fan; themes: swallows, dances, women, entertainment; medium: graphic print; dimensions: height 44.5 cm, width 24.0 cm., A faded, narrow vertical sheet with a dark border surrounds a pale beige background that fills most of the image; near the center-left there is a faint abstract figure composed of pale green and light blue curved shapes with soft purple patches, and over these are several bold red brushlike marks and short strokes; a pale circular form with subtle pink and red smudges appears toward the upper right of the central area; there are a few small red flecks scattered lower on the sheet and some thin, faint pencillike scratches in darker gray; the top edge shows a strip of darker gray tape and the corners have slight wear with small dark gray tears.
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Dancing Beauty with a Swallow, unknown artist; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Mianzhu, China; Chinese art; subject: young woman dancing with a swallow, holding a fan; themes: swallows, dances, women, entertainment; medium: graphic print; dimensions: height 44.5 cm, width 24.0 cm., A faded, narrow vertical sheet with a dark border surrounds a pale beige background that fills most of the image; near the center-left there is a faint abstract figure composed of pale green and light blue curved shapes with soft purple patches, and over these are several bold red brushlike marks and short strokes; a pale circular form with subtle pink and red smudges appears toward the upper right of the central area; there are a few small red flecks scattered lower on the sheet and some thin, faint pencillike scratches in darker gray; the top edge shows a strip of darker gray tape and the corners have slight wear with small dark gray tears.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_098

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58.5Mb (3.4Mb) / 11.4in x 20.0in / 3408 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dancing Beauty Swallow unknown artist nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Mianzhu China Chinese art subject young woman dancing swallow holding fan themes swallows dances women entertainment medium graphic print dimensions height 44.5 cm width 24.0 cm faded narrow vertical sheet dark border surrounds pale beige background fills image near center-left faint abstract figure composed pale green light blue curved shapes soft purple patches several bold red brushlike marks short strokes pale circular form subtle pink red smudges upper right central area small red flecks scattered lower sheet thin faint pencillike scratches darker gray top edge strip darker gray tape corners slight wear small dark gray tears.

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