Caption

The Messenger of the Afterlife, unknown artist, nianhua New Year's picture, Chinese, early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print, height 51.0 cm, width 57.0 cm., The image shows a rectangular print on aged beige paper with a central framed scene dominated by red and pink washes, featuring a seated figure wearing layered garments and a circular halo behind the head in turquoise and teal, with accents of purple on parts of the clothing and headpiece; a horse with a beige face and purple mane appears beside the figure, outlined in black. The frame is bordered by patterned vertical panels with areas of purple, teal, black, and red on each side, and there are faded black ink impressions and decorative motifs at the bottom of the sheet. Overall visible colors include beige, red, pink, turquoise, teal, purple, black, and hints of yellow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_205

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.8Mb (4.2Mb) / 12.5in x 14.0in / 3737 x 4192 (300dpi)

Keywords

Messenger Afterlife unknown artist nianhua New Year's picture Chinese early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 51.0 cm width 57.0 cm image rectangular print aged beige paper central framed scene dominated red pink washes featuring seated figure wearing layered garments circular halo head turquoise teal accents purple parts clothing headpiece horse beige face purple mane beside figure outlined black frame bordered patterned vertical panels areas side faded black ink impressions decorative motifs bottom sheet visible colors include beige pink hints yellow.