Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, unknown artist, nianhua New Year's picture woodblock print, depicted as a civil servant, Chinese, early 20th century, Mianzhu, graphic print, height 47.5 cm, width 24 cm, A standing figure wearing a tall hat with decorative flaps and a long mustache and beard, dressed in layered robes with visible patterns, holds a small object in one hand and has the other hand raised; a small animal stands beside the figure. Colors visible include red, green, blue, purple, yellow, black, orange, pink, and teal. The background is a pale off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_106

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.8Mb (2.5Mb) / 10.4in x 18.7in / 3107 x 5605 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian unknown artist nianhua New Year's picture woodblock print depicted civil servant Chinese early 20th century Mianzhu graphic print height 47.5 cm width 24 cm standing figure wearing tall hat decorative flaps long mustache beard dressed layered robes visible patterns holds small object hand hand raised small animal stands beside figure Colors visible include red green blue purple yellow black orange pink teal background pale off-white.