Caption

Deity - Patron Saint of Carpenters and Joiners, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Yanzhou; graphic print; height 18.0 cm, width 18.5 cm., A black-and-white ink drawing of a seated figure wearing a tall hat and flowing robes, with a mustache and beard, positioned centrally beneath a rounded halo-like shape; the figure sits between two patterned vertical posts and is flanked by two smaller standing figures wearing robes and headpieces, one on each side; a canopy with draped curtains stretches across the top, and decorative geometric borders run along the upper edge; the image background is light with visible black ink lines and shading, and the surrounding outer area is a muted gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_149

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.5Mb (2.6Mb) / 12.5in x 12.3in / 3744 x 3683 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity - Patron Saint Carpenters Joiners Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Yanzhou graphic print height 18.0 cm width 18.5 cm black- -white ink drawing seated figure wearing tall hat flowing robes mustache beard positioned centrally beneath rounded halo- shape figure sits two patterned vertical posts flanked two smaller standing figures wearing robes headpieces side canopy draped curtains stretches across top decorative geometric borders run upper edge image background light visible black ink lines shading surrounding outer area muted gray.