Caption

Deity Li Shi, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Shandong, graphic print; height 24.0 cm, width 21.0 cm., A monochrome line drawing on yellowed paper mounted on a gray background shows a standing male figure wearing layered robes with wide sleeves and pleated skirt-like garments, a tied sash at the waist, and a square hat; he has a mustache and beard and holds a spoon or ladle near his mouth with one hand while the other hand rests on a horizontal pole or beam behind him. Flanking him are draped fabric panels hanging from the pole and rectangular box-like structures on either side, and a few small rounded objects and organic shapes appear near the bottom edges. The drawing uses fine black lines and shading on a yellow-beige paper with a small red stamp-like mark near the upper right.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_131

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Available size

48.1Mb (3.6Mb) / 12.3in x 15.2in / 3680 x 4566 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity Li Shi Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Shandong graphic print height 24.0 cm width 21.0 cm monochrome line drawing yellowed paper mounted gray background standing male figure wearing layered robes wide sleeves pleated skirt- garments tied sash waist square hat mustache beard holds spoon ladle near mouth hand hand rests horizontal pole beam Flanking draped fabric panels hanging pole rectangular box- structures side small rounded objects organic shapes near bottom edges drawing uses fine black lines shading yellow-beige paper small red stamp- mark near upper right.