Caption

Department of Deities - Guardians of Pigs, unknown artist, guardian deities iconography, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, graphic print, height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm., A rectangular paper with an octagonal top edge shows black line drawings of a group of pigs on a textured light beige background; the largest pig is drawn near the top facing left with visible ear, snout, and rib lines, while two smaller pigs are below it in different poses, one facing left and the other lowering its head, all outlined in black. The image contains solid black border lines and black ink marks at the top area, and the visible colors are beige, black, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_169

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.2Mb (4.0Mb) / 11.2in x 14.6in / 3363 x 4383 (300dpi)

Keywords

Department Deities - Guardians Pigs unknown artist guardian deities iconography Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century graphic print height 14.5 cm width 10.5 cm rectangular paper octagonal top edge black line drawings group pigs textured light beige background largest pig drawn near top facing left visible ear snout rib lines two smaller pigs different poses facing left lowering head outlined black image contains solid black border lines black ink marks top area visible colors gray.