Protective deities iconography, Chinese culture, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, China, graphic print, height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm., A monochrome drawing on a rectangular panel with a narrow border shows a horse standing above a horned bovine, both outlined in black on a textured light gray-beige background; the horse faces right with a mane of short vertical strokes, a raised foreleg, and a calm expression, while the bovine is positioned lower and slightly forward, head down with curved horns and a visible tail, and the overall image includes a darker gray surrounding margin.
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Protective deities iconography, Chinese culture, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, China, graphic print, height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm., A monochrome drawing on a rectangular panel with a narrow border shows a horse standing above a horned bovine, both outlined in black on a textured light gray-beige background; the horse faces right with a mane of short vertical strokes, a raised foreleg, and a calm expression, while the bovine is positioned lower and slightly forward, head down with curved horns and a visible tail, and the overall image includes a darker gray surrounding margin.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_174

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Rights managed

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42.2Mb (3.0Mb) / 11.2in x 14.6in / 3363 x 4383 (300dpi)

Keywords

Protective deities iconography Chinese culture nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century China graphic print height 14.5 cm width 10.5 cm monochrome drawing rectangular panel narrow border horse standing horned bovine outlined black textured light gray-beige background horse faces right mane short vertical strokes raised foreleg calm expression bovine positioned lower slightly forward head down curved horns visible tail image includes darker gray surrounding margin.

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