Caption

Jade Emperor, emperors, Chinese culture, jade, Chinese art, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Yanzhou, graphic print, height 19.1 cm, width 19.3 cm, A monochrome line drawing shows a central seated figure wearing a tall decorated headpiece and flowing robes, with a mustache and a long beard, flanked by two attendants standing slightly behind on either side; the central figure holds a rounded object in front and is framed by curved lines suggesting a throne or backdrop, while the attendants wear simpler garments and head coverings and hold long vertical objects. The image background is mostly light with black ink lines, and visible colors include black, white, gray, and a small area of muted red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_151

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.8Mb (3.3Mb) / 12.3in x 12.6in / 3683 x 3778 (300dpi)

Keywords

Jade Emperor emperors Chinese culture jade Chinese art nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Yanzhou graphic print height 19.1 cm width 19.3 cm monochrome line drawing central seated figure wearing tall decorated headpiece flowing robes mustache long beard flanked two attendants standing slightly side central figure holds rounded object front framed curved lines suggesting throne backdrop attendants wear simpler garments head coverings hold long vertical objects image background mostly light black ink lines visible colors include black white gray small area muted red.