Caption

God and Goddess of the Earth, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Chinese, Beijing; graphic print; height 52.0 cm, width 45.0 cm., A colored print showing a framed scene of two seated figures facing forward inside a window-like opening, with a few smaller figures partially visible beside them; the two central figures wear dark headpieces and robes with blue and yellow tones, and their faces are pale with inked facial features; the interior background behind them is pink with circular decorative elements, and a table with several small objects sits in front of them; the frame around the scene includes patterned panels with blue-gray circular motifs and yellow decorative borders, and there is a pink horizontal band below the framed scene leading to a stepped brick platform in black and white at the bottom; the overall paper is an off-white beige with some creases and slight staining.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_209

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.9Mb (4.3Mb) / 12.3in x 15.1in / 3694 x 4528 (300dpi)

Keywords

God Goddess Earth nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Chinese Beijing graphic print height 52.0 cm width 45.0 cm colored print showing framed scene two seated figures facing forward inside window- opening smaller figures partially visible beside them two central figures wear dark headpieces robes blue yellow tones faces pale inked facial features interior background them pink circular decorative elements table several small objects sits front frame scene includes patterned panels blue-gray circular motifs yellow decorative borders pink horizontal band framed scene leading stepped brick platform black white bottom paper off-white beige creases slight staining.