Deity - Messenger of the Afterlife, nianhua New Year's picture, Deity shown on a horse, early 20th century, China; unknown creator; graphic print; height 18.0 cm, width 15.0 cm; Chinese art; culture., A fragment of an illustrated print showing a figure wearing a crown and ornate robes, drawn with black ink lines on a cream-colored paper background, with a bold red semicircular halo behind the figure's head and a teal accent on the mane of a horse at the lower left; there are additional black-ink sketches and linework around the figure and horse, and the paper shows a few creases and slightly darker edge areas.
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Deity - Messenger of the Afterlife, nianhua New Year's picture, Deity shown on a horse, early 20th century, China; unknown creator; graphic print; height 18.0 cm, width 15.0 cm; Chinese art; culture., A fragment of an illustrated print showing a figure wearing a crown and ornate robes, drawn with black ink lines on a cream-colored paper background, with a bold red semicircular halo behind the figure's head and a teal accent on the mane of a horse at the lower left; there are additional black-ink sketches and linework around the figure and horse, and the paper shows a few creases and slightly darker edge areas.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_181

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Deity - Messenger Afterlife nianhua New Year's picture Deity shown horse early 20th century China unknown creator graphic print height 18.0 cm width 15.0 cm Chinese art culture fragment illustrated print showing figure wearing crown ornate robes drawn black ink lines cream-colored paper background bold red semicircular halo figure's head teal accent mane lower left additional black-ink sketches linework figure paper creases slightly darker edge areas.

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