Caption

Buddha Maitreya Milefo, Chinese, early 20th century, nianhua New Year's picture woodblock print or graphic print, face of the deity covered with a mask of gold paper, Beijing; height 50.0 cm, width 45.5 cm., A seated figure with a gold-colored face and curly hair sits within a rectangular frame, wearing robes in shades of teal and pink with visible folds and decorative edging; the figure's torso and hands are exposed, holding a string of dark beads and draped fabric, and the body shows simple line details. The background inside the frame is pink with radiating patterned lines and pale decorative scroll shapes, while the outer border features vertical patterned panels in black on a beige background. The lower area shows a patterned floor design in black on pale paper with worn and faded areas, and the whole image rests on a light gray mounting with a pale beige top border. Overall colors visible include gold, teal, pink, black, beige, pale yellow, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_207

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.5Mb (3.7Mb) / 12.3in x 15.0in / 3694 x 4499 (300dpi)

Keywords

Buddha Maitreya Milefo Chinese early 20th century nianhua New Year's picture woodblock print graphic print face deity covered mask gold paper Beijing height 50.0 cm width 45.5 cm seated figure gold-colored face curly hair sits within rectangular frame wearing robes shades teal pink visible folds decorative edging figure's torso hands exposed holding string dark beads draped fabric body simple line details background inside frame radiating patterned lines pale decorative scroll shapes outer border features vertical panels black beige background lower area patterned floor design pale paper worn faded areas whole image rests light gray mounting pale beige top border colors visible include gold beige pale yellow gray.