Caption

Wealth-Bringing Deity, unknown artist, gift, Chinese, Chinese art, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Shandong, graphic print, height 21.0 cm, width 17.0 cm, A vertical rectangular print on tan paper bordered by a narrow darker frame shows a seated robed figure facing forward, drawn in black ink lines; the figure has a rounded face with mustache and beard, hair styled upward with side extensions, and elongated earlobes. The figure wears layered flowing robes with wide sleeves and a large circular emblem on the torso featuring a stylized bird, and holds an object in hands near the chest. To the right, a narrow panel contains a simple depiction of a vessel filled with plant-like forms and part of a secondary standing figure with a similar facial style. The background is mostly plain tan with visible paper texture and a small square red seal near the top right; black ink border lines and decorative motifs appear along the top edge. The visible colors are tan, black, red, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_130

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.9Mb (3.2Mb) / 11.5in x 13.9in / 3436 x 4157 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wealth-Bringing Deity unknown artist gift Chinese Chinese art nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Shandong graphic print height 21.0 cm width 17.0 cm vertical rectangular print tan paper bordered narrow darker frame seated robed figure facing forward drawn black ink lines figure rounded face mustache beard hair styled upward side extensions elongated earlobes figure wears layered flowing robes wide sleeves large circular emblem torso featuring stylized bird holds object hands near chest right narrow panel contains simple depiction vessel filled plant- forms part secondary standing figure facial style background mostly plain tan visible paper texture small square red seal near top right black ink border lines decorative motifs top edge visible colors tan black red gray.