Caption

Zhong Kui — demon slayer; creator, nianhua New Year's picture, graphic print; Chinese, early 20th century; Mianzhu place of origin; height 46.5 cm, width 25.5 cm; Zhong Kui iconography., The image shows a colorful painted figure with purple-toned skin and red hair wearing a green headband and green neck scarf, draped with flowing blue cloth and a green skirt with red accents; the figure has expressive facial features and is holding a dark-haired smaller figure against their body while standing on a surface that includes purple and yellow-green shapes, all set against a pale beige background with scattered black ink marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_102

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.8Mb (2.6Mb) / 10.4in x 18.7in / 3107 x 5605 (300dpi)

Keywords

Zhong Kui demon slayer creator nianhua New Year's picture graphic print Chinese early 20th century Mianzhu place origin height 46.5 cm width 25.5 cm Zhong Kui iconography image colorful painted figure purple-toned skin red hair wearing green headband green neck scarf draped flowing blue cloth green skirt red accents figure expressive facial features holding dark-haired smaller figure body standing surface includes purple yellow-green shapes set pale beige background scattered black ink marks.