Caption

The Deity of Flowers, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Chinese Shandong, graphic print, flowers, height 22.0 cm, width 20.5 cm, A worn rectangular paper with a gray border shows a central seated figure wearing a tall decorated headdress and flowing robes, drawn in thin dark lines; the figure has a mustache and goatee and holds a blade pointed downwards in front of the chest; flanking the central figure are two smaller standing attendants also holding blades, depicted with similar linework and wearing robes; a curtained canopy with patterned vertical panels frames the figures at the top and sides; the paper is a beige tan color with areas of darker smudged gray ink and small spots of red and a tiny spot of turquoise near the bottom edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_132

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Available size

36.7Mb (2.8Mb) / 11.6in x 12.3in / 3480 x 3682 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity Flowers nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Chinese Shandong graphic print flowers height 22.0 cm width 20.5 cm worn rectangular paper gray border central seated figure wearing tall decorated headdress flowing robes drawn thin dark lines figure mustache goatee holds blade pointed downwards front chest flanking central figure two smaller standing attendants also holding blades depicted linework wearing robes curtained canopy patterned vertical panels frames figures top sides paper beige tan color areas darker smudged gray ink small spots red tiny spot turquoise near bottom edge.