Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian, nianhua New Year's picture, depicted as a dignitary; Chinese, early 20th century; Fengxiang provenance; graphic print; height 45.5 cm, width 22.5 cm; iconography: guards/Menshen Gate Guardian., A tall painted figure wearing an elaborate headdress and flowing robe fills the image, rendered in bright orange, green, purple, black, white, and touches of yellow and red; the figure has a stylized face with bold black and white facial markings, prominent eyes, and a long white beard with curved lines, and wears decorative shoulder pieces and layered armor-like garments with scalloped and striped patterns; ornamental details include a mask-like face motif on the chest, curved decorative elements, tassel-like shapes on the headdress, and rounded motifs repeated on the sleeves and lower robe; the composition shows visible brushstrokes and outlines, with areas of solid color and patterned borders, and a narrow pale border runs along the left and right edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_117

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.9Mb (3.9Mb) / 9.4in x 18.5in / 2830 x 5547 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian nianhua New Year's picture depicted dignitary Chinese early 20th century Fengxiang provenance graphic print height 45.5 cm width 22.5 cm iconography guards tall painted figure wearing elaborate headdress flowing robe fills image rendered bright orange green purple black white touches yellow red figure stylized face bold black white facial markings prominent eyes long white beard curved lines wears decorative shoulder pieces layered armor- garments scalloped striped patterns ornamental details include mask- face motif chest curved decorative elements tassel- shapes headdress rounded motifs repeated sleeves lower robe composition visible brushstrokes outlines areas solid color patterned borders narrow pale border runs left right edges.