Caption

The Dragon King, Chinese culture, dragons iconography, Chinese art, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, China, graphic print, height 21.5 cm, width 19.3 cm, A drawn image of a seated figure facing forward, wearing a headdress with curved decorative elements and a robe with flowing sleeves, rendered in black ink on a beige paper background; the figure has a beard and mustache and holds an object in front of the body, with stylized lines suggesting folds and patterns on the clothing; a group of ornamental shapes and partial figures flank the central figure at left and right, including curved dragon-like forms and partial hands holding objects; there is a small red square mark near the top right and a few small green-blue ink spots near the right side; the overall palette includes beige, black, red, and green-blue.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_126

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.3Mb (4.6Mb) / 12.3in x 13.4in / 3680 x 4016 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dragon King Chinese culture dragons iconography Chinese art nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century China graphic print height 21.5 cm width 19.3 cm drawn image seated figure facing forward wearing headdress curved decorative elements robe flowing sleeves rendered black ink beige paper background figure beard mustache holds object front body stylized lines suggesting folds patterns clothing group ornamental shapes partial figures flank central figure left right curved dragon- forms partial hands holding objects small red square mark near top right small green-blue ink spots near right side palette includes beige black red green-blue.