Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, depicted as a warrior with swords, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Shaanxi, Chinese art, Chinese culture, graphic print, height 32.5 cm, width 19.0 cm, A stylized figure wearing ornate armor and a tall, patterned headdress rides a decorated horse; the figure has a long, striped beard and a painted face with bold shapes, holding a long staff horizontally above the head and a tassel-like ornament at the other side, with flowing banners and ornamental tassels around the shoulders and back. The horse is richly adorned with an elaborate saddle, bridles, and hanging tassels, and both horse and rider feature decorative scale-like and floral motifs. The palette includes red, purple, green, teal, black, cream, and touches of beige on a wrinkled beige paper background, with bold black outlines defining the shapes.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_112

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.5Mb (4.6Mb) / 10.5in x 17.9in / 3148 x 5380 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian depicted warrior swords nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Shaanxi Chinese art Chinese culture graphic print height 32.5 cm width 19.0 cm stylized figure wearing ornate armor tall patterned headdress rides decorated horse figure long striped beard painted face bold shapes holding long staff horizontally head tassel- ornament side flowing banners ornamental tassels shoulders back horse richly adorned elaborate saddle bridles hanging tassels rider feature decorative scale- floral motifs palette includes red purple green teal black cream touches beige wrinkled paper background bold black outlines defining shapes.