Caption

Dragon bringing wealth; unknown creator; ; Chinese culture; nianhua New Year's picture depicting a dragon covered with gold paper; early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; graphic; height 51.0 cm, width 48.0 cm., A rectangular sheet with a central framed panel showing a stylized dragon rendered in gold and dark green scales on a pink background, with a green and blue bird near the dragon's head; the panel is bordered by patterned vertical columns in black and off-white and a teal and red horizontal band at the top; beneath the central panel are decorative black ink geometric and brick-like patterns on an off-white background, and a smaller circular motif with dark sketch lines and touches of pink; the overall paper is off-white with visible creases, small tears, and some smudges and spots.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_206

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.5Mb (3.4Mb) / 12.4in x 15.1in / 3731 x 4540 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dragon bringing wealth unknown creator Chinese culture nianhua New Year's picture depicting dragon covered gold paper early 20th century Beijing graphic print graphic height 51.0 cm width 48.0 cm rectangular sheet central framed panel showing stylized dragon rendered gold dark green scales pink background green blue bird near dragon's head panel bordered patterned vertical columns black off-white teal red horizontal band top beneath central panel decorative black ink geometric brick- patterns off-white background smaller circular motif dark sketch lines touches pink paper visible creases small tears smudges spots.