Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian surrounded by children; nianhua New Year's picture, Yangliuqing, early 20th century; Chinese; graphic print; height 59.3 cm, width 35.7 cm; images of children; Menshen Gate Guardian iconography;, A painted scene on wrinkled beige paper shows a group of figures wearing richly patterned robes in red, green, blue, gold, black, and pink. A central adult figure with a black hat and a long black beard has a pale face with pink cheeks and is draped in an elaborate multicolored robe patterned with florals and scrolls. Surrounding the adult are several children with pale faces and pink cheeks, each dressed in ornate garments featuring red, green, blue, gold, and touches of yellow and purple; one child wears a green hat, another has small hair buns. Decorative floral and cloud-like motifs in green, red, blue, and gold appear near the top right, and there are swirling ornamental designs throughout the clothing in similar colors. The overall composition sits against the plain beige background of the paper, which shows creases and slightly darker discolored areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_189

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Rights managed

Available size

53.2Mb (5.5Mb) / 11.2in x 18.4in / 3363 x 5533 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian surrounded children nianhua New Year's picture Yangliuqing early 20th century Chinese graphic print height 59.3 cm width 35.7 cm images Menshen Gate Guardian iconography painted scene wrinkled beige paper group figures wearing richly patterned robes red green blue gold black pink central adult figure black hat long black beard pale face pink cheeks draped elaborate multicolored robe patterned florals scrolls Surrounding adult several children pale faces dressed ornate garments featuring touches yellow purple child wears green hat another small hair buns Decorative floral cloud- motifs near top right swirling ornamental designs clothing colors composition sits plain beige background paper creases slightly darker discolored areas.