Caption

Deity — guardian of insects; nianhua New Year's picture, graphic print; early 20th century; Chinese, Beijing; height 30.0 cm, width 25.0 cm;, A hand-drawn print depicting a central seated male figure wearing a tall hat and long robe, with a mustache and long beard, rendered in black linework and overlaid with a vertical wash of red and pale yellow; to the right of him stands a secondary figure in similar linework holding a folded fan, shown in profile; surrounding them are decorative motifs including stylized birds, floral shapes, and curving cloud-like outlines in black ink; the background paper is aged beige with areas of darker beige and faint smudging, and there is a narrow green patterned band along the top edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_203

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.3Mb (3.7Mb) / 12.2in x 16.0in / 3670 x 4794 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity guardian insects nianhua New Year's picture graphic print early 20th century Chinese Beijing height 30.0 cm width 25.0 cm hand-drawn print depicting central seated male figure wearing tall hat long robe mustache long beard rendered black linework overlaid vertical wash red pale yellow right stands secondary figure linework holding folded fan shown profile surrounding them decorative motifs stylized birds floral shapes curving cloud- outlines black ink background paper aged beige areas darker beige faint smudging narrow green patterned band top edge.