Caption

Messenger of the Afterlife, unknown creator graphic artist, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, graphic print, height 25.0 cm, width 18.0 cm, A colorful printed image on aged beige paper shows a stylized figure wearing a hat and flowing garments, depicted in bold red and teal with accents of purple and gold; the figure has a mustache and beard and holds objects in each hand while seated on or riding a large abstract purple shape that resembles an animal; surrounding the central figure are cloud-like shapes and decorative circular motifs in purple and gold, along with scattered gold and teal ornamental elements and small red highlights, all framed by a thin border and a wider pale beige margin.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_133

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.4Mb (4.8Mb) / 12.4in x 16.7in / 3721 x 5013 (300dpi)

Keywords

Messenger Afterlife unknown creator graphic artist Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century graphic print height 25.0 cm width 18.0 cm colorful printed image aged beige paper stylized figure wearing hat flowing garments depicted bold red teal accents purple gold figure mustache beard holds objects hand seated riding large abstract purple shape resembles animal surrounding central figure cloud- shapes decorative circular motifs scattered gold teal ornamental elements small red highlights framed thin border wider pale beige margin.