Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, nianhua New Year's picture, shown with a raised club, early 20th century, Mianzhu, graphic print; height 48.0 cm, width 24.0 cm; Chinese art; guards iconography., A stylized figure of a warrior wearing ornate armor and flowing garments fills the image, with visible colors including red, teal, purple, orange, black, blue, pink, and green; the figure has a prominent black beard and expressive eyebrows, a headpiece with layered purple and blue elements, and ornamental shoulder pieces with scalloped teal fans and orange scaled patterns; the torso and skirt feature layered cloth and armor panels in teal, purple, red, orange, and blue with scale-like and curved decorative motifs, and a black rounded abdomen plate; the figure’s arms and hands are partially visible, one hand holding a long slender staff-like object rendered in pale tones, and the other arm bent with colorful sleeves; the legs are clad in patterned red boots and layered skirts, and the whole composition sits on a pale textured background with a faint border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_107

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.1Mb (3.7Mb) / 10.4in x 18.7in / 3122 x 5606 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian nianhua New Year's picture shown raised club early 20th century Mianzhu graphic print height 48.0 cm width 24.0 cm Chinese art guards iconography stylized figure warrior wearing ornate armor flowing garments fills image visible colors red teal purple orange black blue pink green figure prominent black beard expressive eyebrows headpiece layered purple blue elements ornamental shoulder pieces scalloped fans scaled patterns torso skirt feature layered cloth armor panels scale- curved decorative motifs rounded abdomen plate figure’s arms hands partially visible hand holding long slender staff- object rendered pale tones arm bent colorful sleeves legs clad patterned red boots layered skirts whole composition sits pale textured background faint border.