Deity Bestowing Talents, unknown artist, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, graphic print, height 20.7 cm, width 20.4 cm., A worn rectangular print shows a central seated figure with a dark mustache and beard wearing a tall headpiece and layered robes, flanked by two attendants each wearing head coverings; behind them are vertical fabric panels in red and turquoise with draped curtains in black linework, and the image uses black ink line drawing on a beige paper background with touches of red and turquoise.
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Deity Bestowing Talents, unknown artist, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, graphic print, height 20.7 cm, width 20.4 cm., A worn rectangular print shows a central seated figure with a dark mustache and beard wearing a tall headpiece and layered robes, flanked by two attendants each wearing head coverings; behind them are vertical fabric panels in red and turquoise with draped curtains in black linework, and the image uses black ink line drawing on a beige paper background with touches of red and turquoise.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_180

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38.5Mb (3.7Mb) / 12.4in x 12.1in / 3722 x 3619 (300dpi)

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Deity Bestowing Talents unknown artist Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century graphic print height 20.7 cm width 20.4 cm worn rectangular print central seated figure dark mustache beard wearing tall headpiece layered robes flanked two attendants wearing head coverings them vertical fabric panels red turquoise draped curtains black linework image uses black ink line drawing beige paper background touches turquoise.

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