Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, Chinese nianhua New Year's picture, depicted as a warrior riding a horse, early 20th century, Fengxiang; graphic print; height 45.0 cm, width 21.5 cm; iconography: Menshen Gate Guardian, horse, guards., A colorful painted figure wearing ornate armor and a large decorative headdress rides a horse; the figure has a pale face with dark facial hair and bold black facial lines, and the headdress features layered shapes in orange, green, purple, and gold with small orange plume-like elements on top. The armor and clothing show patterns and scales in gold, purple, green, and orange with black outlines, and the figure holds a long staff or spear. The horse is primarily yellow-gold with purple mane and tail accents, green and purple ornamental saddle and harness details, and decorative tassels in orange and gold. The background is a pale off-white with slight discoloration and faint marks, and the overall image uses prominent colors of orange, green, purple, gold, black, and white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_114

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.4Mb (3.0Mb) / 10.1in x 18.5in / 3041 x 5561 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian Chinese nianhua New Year's picture depicted warrior riding horse early 20th century Fengxiang graphic print height 45.0 cm width 21.5 cm iconography guards colorful painted figure wearing ornate armor large decorative headdress rides figure pale face dark facial hair bold black facial lines headdress features layered shapes orange green purple gold small plume- elements top armor clothing patterns scales black outlines figure holds long staff spear primarily yellow-gold purple mane tail accents purple ornamental saddle harness details decorative tassels background pale off-white slight discoloration faint marks image uses prominent colors black white.