Caption

God and Goddess of the Earth, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing, Chinese, graphic print; height 51.0 cm, width 51.0 cm., A rectangular image framed by patterned vertical borders shows a central scene with two seated figures wearing ornate headpieces and layered robes, flanked by two smaller standing attendants; the seated figures have pale skin tones with fine black line facial features and one has a long mustache, while their garments are shaded in yellow and light brown and outlined in black; a pink cushion or cloth with decorative motifs is placed in front of them above a patterned base with yellow and black elements; the attendants wear darker robes in shades of gray and muted black and stand beside the seated pair; the surrounding frame and lower panel feature geometric and floral patterns in yellow, beige, and black with areas of faded pink and muted gray, and the bottom central medallion contains a sketched motif in light black lines on a beige background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_208

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.2Mb (3.0Mb) / 12.0in x 13.9in / 3609 x 4182 (300dpi)

Keywords

God Goddess Earth nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing Chinese graphic print height 51.0 cm width 51.0 cm rectangular image framed patterned vertical borders central scene two seated figures wearing ornate headpieces layered robes flanked two smaller standing attendants seated figures pale skin tones fine black line facial features long mustache garments shaded yellow light brown outlined black pink cushion cloth decorative motifs placed front them patterned base black elements attendants wear darker robes shades gray muted black stand beside seated pair surrounding frame lower panel feature geometric floral patterns beige areas faded pink muted gray bottom central medallion contains sketched motif light black lines beige background.