Caption

Votive plaque in honor of Buddhist saints; nianhua New Year's picture; Chinese, early 20th century; graphic print; surrounded by a belt with an inscription and a repeating inscription; height 29.5 cm, width 23.0 cm., The image shows an aged rectangular paper with a faded black ink line drawing depicting an architectural scene that resembles a pavilion or doorway flanked by decorative elements; there is visible wear and irregular edges. The drawing includes a few ornamental pedestal-like structures, a group of curved roof forms, and some stylized plant or foliage shapes. Two roughly rectangular areas near the center are stamped or marked with red ink, appearing over parts of the black drawing. The surrounding border contains dense vertical and horizontal brushwork in black ink that resembles hand-drawn markings. The visible colors are off-white or beige from the paper, black from the drawn lines, and red from the two stamped areas.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_146

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Available size

42.0Mb (2.9Mb) / 12.5in x 13.1in / 3744 x 3925 (300dpi)

Keywords

Votive plaque honor Buddhist saints nianhua New Year's picture Chinese early 20th century graphic print surrounded belt inscription repeating inscription height 29.5 cm width 23.0 cm image aged rectangular paper faded black ink line drawing depicting architectural scene resembles pavilion doorway flanked decorative elements visible wear irregular edges drawing includes ornamental pedestal- structures group curved roof forms stylized plant foliage shapes Two roughly rectangular areas near center stamped marked red ink appearing parts black drawing surrounding border contains dense vertical horizontal brushwork black ink resembles hand-drawn markings visible colors off-white beige paper black drawn lines red two areas.