God of Wealth — guardian of widows and orphans; unknown creator; ; Chinese culture; nianhua New Year’s picture; early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 31.0 cm, width 22.0 cm, The image shows a rectangular sheet with a worn, aged appearance and a gray border, featuring a scene in ink and watercolor tones. On the right side a seated bearded man wearing a dark hat is depicted near a cart or wheel structure, with flowing multicolored bands—purple, yellow, and red—arched above and toward a vessel that emits lines suggesting motion. On the left a standing figure wearing a robe and a hat faces forward, accompanied by a smaller childlike figure holding a round object and a small kneeling figure nearby. The lower right shows a large wheel with spokes and decorative dots, drawn in black ink. Background areas display blocks of pale yellow, pink, and red wash, with accents of green along the top edge and darker inked architectural lines and patterns behind the figures. The overall pale...
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God of Wealth — guardian of widows and orphans; unknown creator; ; Chinese culture; nianhua New Year’s picture; early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 31.0 cm, width 22.0 cm, The image shows a rectangular sheet with a worn, aged appearance and a gray border, featuring a scene in ink and watercolor tones. On the right side a seated bearded man wearing a dark hat is depicted near a cart or wheel structure, with flowing multicolored bands—purple, yellow, and red—arched above and toward a vessel that emits lines suggesting motion. On the left a standing figure wearing a robe and a hat faces forward, accompanied by a smaller childlike figure holding a round object and a small kneeling figure nearby. The lower right shows a large wheel with spokes and decorative dots, drawn in black ink. Background areas display blocks of pale yellow, pink, and red wash, with accents of green along the top edge and darker inked architectural lines and patterns behind the figures. The overall palette includes shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, green, black, and beige from the paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_198

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God Wealth guardian widows orphans unknown creator Chinese culture nianhua New Year’s picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 31.0 cm width 22.0 cm image rectangular sheet worn aged appearance gray border featuring scene ink watercolor tones right side seated bearded man wearing dark hat depicted near cart wheel structure flowing multicolored bands purple yellow red arched vessel emits lines suggesting motion left standing figure wearing robe hat faces forward accompanied smaller childlike figure holding round object small kneeling figure nearby lower right large wheel spokes decorative dots drawn black ink Background areas display blocks pale yellow pink red wash accents green top edge darker inked architectural lines patterns figures palette includes shades black beige paper.

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