Caption

God and Goddess of the Home and Kitchen, unknown creator; protective deities iconography; Chinese; nianhua New Year's picture; early 20th century; graphic print; height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm., A black ink line drawing on a light grayish-beige paper background framed by a dark border, showing a group portrait of two robed figures seated side by side with rounded halos behind their heads; the left figure has a long beard and a tall headdress, the right figure appears younger with a decorative headpiece and patterned clothing. In front of them on the ground are a few animals including a curled-tailed dog, a cat, and a rooster, with some simple grass tufts nearby. The image uses primarily black lines on the pale paper with a surrounding solid mid-gray margin.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_166

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.2Mb (4.2Mb) / 11.2in x 14.6in / 3363 x 4383 (300dpi)

Keywords

God Goddess Home Kitchen unknown creator protective deities iconography Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century graphic print height 14.5 cm width 10.5 cm black ink line drawing light grayish-beige paper background framed dark border showing group portrait two robed figures seated side rounded halos heads left figure long beard tall headdress right figure younger decorative headpiece patterned clothing front them ground animals curled-tailed dog cat rooster simple grass tufts nearby image uses primarily black lines pale paper surrounding solid mid-gray margin.