Caption

Double joy — auspicious motif; unknown artist; ; Chinese; image of four little boys carrying the double Chinese character xi joy; nianhua New Year's picture; early 20th century, Yangliuqing; woodblock/graphic print; height 59.5 cm, width 35.9 cm., A colorful vertical illustration on a beige background shows a decorative arch with floral motifs and a large central flower in yellow and orange surrounded by green leaves and red flowers; beneath the arch is a bold symmetrical red emblem flanked by four children wearing traditional clothing in bright colors including green, red, blue, yellow, purple, and pink, with rosy facial tones and black hair styled in buns and short cuts; the children hold various ornamental objects and stand amid additional floral and ribbon-like decorations in green, blue, red, purple, and yellow, with small scattered plant elements near their feet and a narrow white border around the whole image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_192

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.4Mb (4.4Mb) / 11.0in x 17.8in / 3301 x 5339 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double joy auspicious motif unknown artist Chinese image four little boys carrying double Chinese character xi joy nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Yangliuqing woodblock graphic print height 59.5 cm width 35.9 cm colorful vertical illustration beige background decorative arch floral motifs large central flower yellow orange surrounded green leaves red flowers beneath arch bold symmetrical red emblem flanked four children wearing traditional clothing bright colors green red blue purple pink rosy facial tones black hair styled buns short cuts children hold various ornamental objects stand additional floral ribbon- decorations small scattered plant elements near feet narrow white border whole image.