Sun Deity, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century China, Chinese, graphic print, height 16.0 cm, width 16.3 cm., A roughly rectangular paper with a central hand-drawn figure rendered in black ink showing a stylized frontal portrait with a headdress, facial features, and layered clothing, flanked by broad, curved brushstrokes in bright red and turquoise that form two halo-like arcs around the head, all set against an off-white background with visible paper texture and faint black sketch lines radiating outward; the piece is bordered by a narrow gray area.
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Sun Deity, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century China, Chinese, graphic print, height 16.0 cm, width 16.3 cm., A roughly rectangular paper with a central hand-drawn figure rendered in black ink showing a stylized frontal portrait with a headdress, facial features, and layered clothing, flanked by broad, curved brushstrokes in bright red and turquoise that form two halo-like arcs around the head, all set against an off-white background with visible paper texture and faint black sketch lines radiating outward; the piece is bordered by a narrow gray area.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_178

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43.2Mb (4.2Mb) / 12.5in x 13.5in / 3737 x 4042 (300dpi)

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Sun Deity nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century China Chinese graphic print height 16.0 cm width 16.3 cm roughly rectangular paper central hand-drawn figure rendered black ink showing stylized frontal portrait headdress facial features layered clothing flanked broad curved brushstrokes bright red turquoise form two halo- arcs head set off-white background visible paper texture faint black sketch lines radiating outward piece bordered narrow gray area.

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