Caption

Black carp, unknown author, Chinese art, Chinese culture, fish, carps, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Mianzhu, China; graphic print; height 48.0 cm, width 27.0 cm., A stylized animal figure rendered in black and gray tones occupies the center of the image, with textured gray areas and solid black shapes forming its body and head; the creature has curved horns or tusks outlined in black with lighter interiors, and circular eye-like markings that include pale blue and pale pink accents surrounded by black. The background is a worn beige paper with signs of age and rough edges, and there are several clusters of spiky foliage in shades of blue and green scattered around the figure. Thin black brush lines suggest contours and fur or feather details across the composition.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_103

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.4Mb (5.4Mb) / 18.4in x 11.3in / 5505 x 3393 (300dpi)

Keywords

Black carp unknown author Chinese art Chinese culture fish carps nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Mianzhu China graphic print height 48.0 cm width 27.0 cm stylized animal figure rendered black gray tones occupies center image textured gray areas solid black shapes forming body head creature curved horns tusks outlined lighter interiors circular eye- markings include pale blue pale pink accents surrounded background worn beige paper signs age rough edges several clusters spiky foliage shades blue green scattered figure Thin black brush lines suggest contours fur feather details across composition.