Guardian deity of the mountains, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 28.5 cm, width 25.0 cm., A stylized ink drawing on aged tan paper shows a robed figure with a mustache and beard wearing an ornate headdress, seated on or near a horse-like head with a bridle; the figure is outlined in black with areas of red wash over the robe and parts of the face and background. The composition includes flowing lines suggesting drapery and hair, a circular halo-like shape behind the figure, and patterned areas with starburst motifs in green near the top. Visible colors are tan, black, red, and green.
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Guardian deity of the mountains, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 28.5 cm, width 25.0 cm., A stylized ink drawing on aged tan paper shows a robed figure with a mustache and beard wearing an ornate headdress, seated on or near a horse-like head with a bridle; the figure is outlined in black with areas of red wash over the robe and parts of the face and background. The composition includes flowing lines suggesting drapery and hair, a circular halo-like shape behind the figure, and patterned areas with starburst motifs in green near the top. Visible colors are tan, black, red, and green.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_201

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Keywords

Guardian deity mountains Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 28.5 cm width 25.0 cm stylized ink drawing aged tan paper robed figure mustache beard wearing ornate headdress seated near horse- head bridle figure outlined black areas red wash robe parts face background composition includes flowing lines suggesting drapery hair circular halo- shape patterned areas starburst motifs green near top Visible colors red green.

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