Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, depicted as a young dignitary, early 20th century, Mianzhu, graphic print, height 50.0 cm, width 26.0 cm., A painted figure of a person standing, wearing a long robe shaded in gray with black outlines and patterned floral tones, a purple sash draped across the chest and down the side, and a blue and purple sleeve trim with decorative markings; the face and hands are tinted pink and light purple, the hair is dark with an orange-brown hairline, and the head is topped with a black and purple hat adorned with small green and red floral ornaments and a blue horizontal ornament behind it; the figure holds a purple and gold belt or sash at the waist, wears black shoes with green soles, and stands against a pale beige background with slight discolorations and paper texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_105

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.8Mb (4.0Mb) / 10.4in x 18.7in / 3107 x 5605 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian Chinese nianhua New Year's picture depicted young dignitary early 20th century Mianzhu graphic print height 50.0 cm width 26.0 cm painted figure person standing wearing long robe shaded gray black outlines patterned floral tones purple sash draped across chest down side blue purple sleeve trim decorative markings face hands tinted pink light purple hair dark orange-brown hairline head topped black purple hat adorned small green red floral ornaments blue horizontal ornament figure holds gold belt sash waist wears black shoes green soles stands pale beige background slight discolorations paper texture.