Caption

Deity - Guardian of the Year, Chinese, protective deities iconography, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, graphic print, height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm., The image shows a monochrome line drawing on a pale, textured background with a dark gray border; two human figures wearing flowing, detailed garments occupy the central area, one figure on the left dressed in layered, patterned clothing with bare feet and a rounded ornament on the chest, the other figure on the right wearing long robes, a headdress with featherlike elements, and facial hair, both figures rendered with expressive facial lines and gesturing hands, with black ink outlines and shading on an off-white paper surface framed by a darker rectangular band.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_168

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.2Mb (4.3Mb) / 11.2in x 14.6in / 3363 x 4383 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity - Guardian Year Chinese protective deities iconography nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century graphic print height 14.5 cm width 10.5 cm image monochrome line drawing pale textured background dark gray border two human figures wearing flowing detailed garments occupy central area figure left dressed layered patterned clothing bare feet rounded ornament chest right long robes headdress featherlike elements facial hair figures rendered expressive facial lines gesturing hands black ink outlines shading off-white paper surface framed darker rectangular band.