Caption

Menshen Gate Guardian surrounded by children; nianhua New Year's picture, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, images of children; Chinese art; Chinese culture; early 20th century; Yangliuqing; graphic print; height 59.2 cm, width 36.0 cm., A seated adult figure wearing an ornate black hat and a richly patterned robe in red, green, blue, yellow, and purple is surrounded by a group of children in colorful traditional clothing; the adult has a pale face with a mustache and long dark beard and holds a long decorative banner partially draped across the group, while a swirling, dragon-like multicolored cloud in green, red, purple, yellow, and blue appears to the left of the adult’s head; the children wear garments with floral and geometric designs in green, blue, yellow, purple, red, and gold accents, and one child holds a small round object, another wears a hat with decorative elements, and another grasps a small animal-shaped object; the background is a plain light paper with subtle stains and a narrow gray border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_190

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.8Mb (4.6Mb) / 11.3in x 18.2in / 3384 x 5450 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardian surrounded children nianhua New Year's picture Menshen Gate Guardian iconography images Chinese art Chinese culture early 20th century Yangliuqing graphic print height 59.2 cm width 36.0 cm seated adult figure wearing ornate black hat richly patterned robe red green blue yellow purple surrounded group colorful traditional clothing adult pale face mustache long dark beard holds long decorative banner partially draped across swirling dragon- multicolored cloud left adult’s head children wear garments floral geometric designs gold accents child holds small round object another wears hat decorative elements another grasps small animal-shaped object background plain light paper subtle stains narrow gray border.