Earth Deity, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Chinese; graphic print, height 18.8 cm, width 18.9 cm; artist unknown., A black-and-white ink illustration showing a central bearded figure wearing a hat and robe, flanked by a few attendants on either side; the central figure has a long beard and a rounded halo-like shape behind the head, while the attendants wear robes and headpieces and hold staffs or similar objects; the composition includes curtain-like drapery at the top corners and decorative border lines, with visible brush or woodblock texture and areas of uneven inking in shades of black, gray, and off-white.
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Earth Deity, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Chinese; graphic print, height 18.8 cm, width 18.9 cm; artist unknown., A black-and-white ink illustration showing a central bearded figure wearing a hat and robe, flanked by a few attendants on either side; the central figure has a long beard and a rounded halo-like shape behind the head, while the attendants wear robes and headpieces and hold staffs or similar objects; the composition includes curtain-like drapery at the top corners and decorative border lines, with visible brush or woodblock texture and areas of uneven inking in shades of black, gray, and off-white.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_148

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37.6Mb (2.5Mb) / 11.8in x 12.4in / 3551 x 3705 (300dpi)

Keywords

Earth Deity nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Chinese graphic print height 18.8 cm width 18.9 cm artist unknown black- -white ink illustration showing central bearded figure wearing hat robe flanked attendants side central figure long beard rounded halo- shape head wear robes headpieces hold staffs objects composition includes curtain- drapery top corners decorative border lines visible brush woodblock texture areas uneven inking shades black gray off-white.

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