Caption

Divine guardians of the year, seasons, months and days; protective deities iconography; nianhua, New Year's picture; Chinese; early 20th century; graphic print; graphic; height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm., A black ink line drawing on a light beige paper shows a robed figure wearing a pointed headdress riding a galloping horse above stylized cloud shapes; the figure raises one arm holding a rectangular object and has flowing sleeves and loose garments, while the horse has a bridle, visible mane, tail, and detailed legs in motion; a thin dark border frames the scene and the background is plain. Colors visible include black, beige, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_175

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Divine guardians year seasons months days protective deities iconography nianhua New Year's picture Chinese early 20th century graphic print graphic height 14.5 cm width 10.5 cm black ink line drawing light beige paper robed figure wearing pointed headdress riding galloping horse stylized cloud shapes figure raises arm holding rectangular object flowing sleeves loose garments horse bridle visible mane tail detailed legs motion thin dark border frames scene background plain Colors visible include black beige gray.