Caption

Deities — Guardians of horses and cows; creator, Chinese; nianhua New Year’s picture, early 20th century; graphic print; depicts cows and a horse; height 18.2 cm, width 19.8 cm; Yanzhou place of origin., A black-and-white line drawing of two seated figures wearing robes and headdresses, rendered on an off-white background with a gray border; the figures have stylized facial features including eyes, mustaches, and beards, and their garments show flowing lines, folds, and layered collars; the left figure wears a fan-shaped headdress and holds a vertically oriented object, while the right figure wears a rounded headdress with decorative elements and has a fuller beard and a flared collar; surrounding the figures are curved and straight decorative lines suggesting drapery or architectural elements, and there are small areas of muted red ink near the upper corners.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_150

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.1Mb (2.3Mb) / 13.0in x 12.0in / 3889 x 3601 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deities Guardians horses cows creator Chinese nianhua New Year’s picture early 20th century graphic print depicts cows horse height 18.2 cm width 19.8 cm Yanzhou place origin black- -white line drawing two seated figures wearing robes headdresses rendered off-white background gray border figures stylized facial features eyes mustaches beards garments flowing lines folds layered collars left figure wears fan-shaped headdress holds vertically oriented object right figure wears rounded headdress decorative elements fuller beard flared collar surrounding curved straight decorative lines suggesting drapery architectural elements small areas muted red ink near upper corners.